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might think of "May Day" or "May Pole," consisting of
two words.
"June Bride" is a common phrase; "bride" has five letters,
so you will remember that the key for June is # 5.
For July, you could use this for a memory aid:— We all
know that July 4th is a celebration of the signing of the
Declaration of Independence in 1776. Take the two sevens
from the year 1776, leaving 1 and 6. One and six are seven;
remove this seven, leaving 0. Or, July 4th is usually associ-
ated with fire crackers; the word "cracker" has seven letters;
remove the seven, leaving 0. The key for July is zero.
August is a hot month. The word "hot" has three letters;
the key for August is 3.
September is the month during which the leaves start
turning brown. "Leaves" has six letters; the key for Septem-
ber is 6.
Octo means eight, remove the seven (8 — 7 = 1) leaving
one. The key for October is 1.
November is the election month. We vote in November;
the word, "vote" has four letters, so the key for November is
4. Or, November is the nth month of the year, remove
seven, leaving four.
Finally, the big holiday in December is Christmas.
Christmas is the anniversary of the birth of Christ.
"Christ" has six letters, so we know that 6 is the key for
December.
Although some of the above may seem a bit far fetched,
they will help you remember the keys. Another way would
be to form a substitute word for each month, (the system of
substitute words will be explained thoroughly in the follow-
ing chapter) and associate that to the peg word that repre-
sents its key number. For zero, use any word that contains
the s or z sound only; "zoo" is good, because it is easy to
picture.