Bogger Leaving Certificate
MATHS TEST FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS OUTSIDE DUBLIN
Name: Paddy/Mary _________________________
- If Paddy Joe Murphy drove a Massey Ferguson through PaddyJohn’s turnip crop at 10miles an hour. What colour was Paddy John’s tractor?
- If John Joe likes Mary and Mary likes Paddy, how much is a pint of stout in O’Brien’s at the crossroads?
- Paddy Joe Mahoney has 25 sheep, 10 cows, 12 hens, a cockerel and 6 geese. John Joe has 12 sheep, 18 cows and 12 pigs. How much does Paddy Joe offer to John Joe for a dowry for Mary?
- If it takes Bridie 40 minutes to cycle 12 miles to O’Brien’s on the crossroads for the ceilidh and it takes Mary Murphy 40 minutes to walk 2 miles to O’Brien’s, which girl will end up in John Joe’s hay barn?
- If Paddy Joe’s prize hen can lay 4 eggs every morning and his other hens can lay only two each the odd morning, which one will he have for Sunday dinner?

Comments(16)


Please Sir<
I was born in the city where milk grows in bottles.
what else came in bottles GM?
Stout!
Sir, Sir, Sir!
Stout
What a pair of stout suckers!
Now I now what ye were reared on!
and ….. leave out the ‘Sir, Sir, Sir! bit Steph!
I’m off duty!
We had to have Stout ’cause me mammie caught her diddy in the mangle!
em ….. what was she using the mangle for?
are you on stout now?
She was using the mangle to do the milking!
Silly
Paddy
hic!
Snore!
Hey Steph ~ what was she using to bottle it?
Grannymar ~ drink lots of water or you’ll have an almighty sore head in the morning!!
What, what!
Give me back my teeth!
There’s a hole in the bucket
Dear Paddy,Dear Paddy
There’s a hole in the bucket
Dear Paddy,
A hole
O my God ….. I’m being stalked
We want a party!
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