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come across anything, pertaining to memory, to which the
systems were not applicable.
Take the time necessary to learn how to make conscious
associations and once you've mastered it, it will take care of
itself. Every once in awhile you may come across some
piece of information that you want to remember, that is
made to order for an association. If you wanted to remem-
ber that a certain item sold for $17.76, you could, of course,
use peg words as you've been taught. However, you have
all heard of the "Spirit of '76." That phrase will create a
picture for most of us of the famous portrayal of the
"Spirit of "76"; a man with a drum, a man with a fife, and
the third holding our flag. If you were to associate the item
in question, with this picture, you would recall that $17.76
was the price.
The Japanese volcano, Fujiyama, is 12,365 feet high.
Again, you could use peg words to remember this, or you
could associate Fujiyama to "calendar." The reason for
"calendar" is that the number of feet is the amount of
months in a year (12), and the amount of days in a year
(365). You would associate calendar either to volcano, or
a substitute word for Fujiyama.
I'm not suggesting that you do this with all numbers; the
Peg system is the only infallible one. However, looking for
numbers that fall into this category, is good for your imag-
ination and observation, and it helps create an interest in
numbers.
In an early chapter I told you that you could remember
the names of the Dionne quintuplets by remembering the
word "macey." Now you know that in order to remem-
ber the word, you would have to associate the quints to
"macey." You might "see" Macy's Department Store com-
pletely packed with quints, etc. If you want to know the
names of the four living quints, drop the odd e, for Emilie,