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Rhyming, Peg Words (1-20)

The Number/Rhyme technique is a very simple way of remembering lists in order. It works by `pegging` the things to be remembered to images rhyming with the ordered number.

Take one or two minutes to read through the peg words below.

one is a bun
two is a shoe
three is a tree
four is a door
five is a hive
six is sticks
seven is heaven
eight is a gate
nine is wine
ten is a hen

If you find that these images do not attract you or stick in your mind, then change them for something more meaningful.

The technique works by helping you to build up pictures in your mind, in which you represent numbers by things that rhyme with the number. You can then link these pictures to images of the things to be remembered.

Example:

For example, you could remember a chronological list of ten Greek philosophers as:

Parmenides - a BUN topped with grated yellow PARMEsan cheese
Empedocles - A TREE from which the M-shaped McDonalds arches hang hooking up a bicycle PEDal
Democritus - think of a PAW print on the voting form of a DEMOCRaTic election
Protagoras - A bee HIVE being positively punched through (GORed?) by an atomic PROTon
Socrates - BRICKS falling onto a SOCk (with a foot inside!) from a CRATe.
Plato - A plate with angel`s wings flapping around a white cloud
Zeno - A LINE of ZEN Buddhists meditating
Epicurus - a HEN`s egg being mixed into an EPIleptics`s CURe.

Try either visualizing these images as suggested, or if you do not like them, come up with images of your own. Once you have done this, try writing down the names of the philosophers on a piece of paper. You should be able to do this by thinking of the number, then the part of the image associated with the number, and then the whole image. Finally you can decode the image to give you the name of the philosopher.

It is also possible to use the peg-rhyme system to remember longer lists. Here are possible peg words to use for digits 11 to 20. It is more difficult to find good peg words for numbers over 10.

12. twelve is shelve

13. thirteen is hurting

14. fourteen is boarding

15. fifteen is fitting

16. sixteen is Sistine

17. seventeen is setting

18. eighteen is waiting

19. nineteen is knighting

20. twenty is plenty

By driving the associations with numbers you have a good starting point in reconstructing the images, you are aware if information is missing, and you can pick up and continue the sequence from anywhere within the list.

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