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208 Memory Demonstrations
After all the cards have been "hidden," you can hear the
name of a card and immediately give the hiding place. Or,
you are given the hiding place, and you name the card
hidden there!
Do you want to impress your friends with your ability
to remember numbers? Well, if you've learned another
peg list up to 16 or 20, as I've taught you, you can do
this:—
Have your challenger number a piece of paper from 1 to
16 or 20. Then have him call any of these numbers and
write a two digit number alongside. When all the numbers
have been called, you can go from one to the end telling
him the two digit numbers—or, have him call any two
digit number and you tell him what number it is at, or
vice versa.
Just use your other list to remember the sequence, and
use your basic pegs for the two digit numbers, i.e., #3 is
called, and the two digit number to remember is 34. Well,
if you're using the alphabet list, you would associate "sea"
(3) to "mower" (34). The #14 is called and the number
to remember is 89—associate "hen" (14) to "fob" (89).
If you feel confident, you can have your friends call an
object and a two digit number for each number listed. You
can memorize both, by making one ridiculous picture for
all three. The number called could be #9, the object is a
toaster, and the two digit number is 24. Any combination
of associations is possible here; you could see Nero (24)
popping out of a toaster, playing on an eye (9) instead of
a fiddle! I have been using the alphabet list idea in these
examples. Of course, you could use the other idea wherein
the pegs look like the numbers they represent. In that case,
9 would be "tape measure," 3 would be "clover," 14 would
be "farm," etc.
Any one of the systems in this book can be used for a