Mnemonic

Can you remember the names of the Seven Dwarves? How about all the Ten Commandments? OK, try something a little easier. What about naming all the colours of the rainbow? No? Maybe you knew them once but now you've forgotten them. Don't worry, help is at hand. Mnemonic is a collection of invaluable memory aids that we learned when we were young and that saved many of us from a disastrous exam paper. We all know the famous "Thirty days hath September..." rhyme for working out the number of days in a month but did you know that you can get the answer by simply staring at your knuckles? You’ll discover the relationship between the Seven Deadly Sins and PALE GAS. Or why you might want to STAB the members of a quartet in a choir. Inside these pages are hundreds of mnemonics, rhymes, acronyms and visual memory aids to enjoy along with some acerbic observations on life in general and mnemonics in particular.