Face like a bulldog eatin thistles through a barb-wire fence

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Heard in Roscommon

An extremely ugly woman.

In use

Jaysus did ya see that one she had a face like a bulldog eatin thistles through a barb-wire fence

Posh English

Good heavens, did you catch sight of that female? She possessed a face like a bulldog consuming thistles through a barbed wire fence.