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1. tie 6. shoe
2. Noah 7. cow
3. ma 8. ivy
4. rye 9. bee
5. law 10. toes
Now, if you. feel that you know the first ten peg words
thoroughly, I'll show you how to use them for remembering
objects in and out of order. I'll give you ten objects, out
of sequence, and prove to you that you can remember them
after reading them only once!
9 — purse 5 — typewriter
6 — cigarette 2 — TV set
4 — ashtray 8 — wrist watch
7 — salt-shaker 1 — fountain pen
3 — lamp 10 — telephone
The first one listed is #9—purse. All you have to do is
to make a ridiculous and/or illogical association of the peg
word for #9, which is "bee," and purse. If you have realized
the importance of actually "seeing" these ridiculous asso-
ciations in your mind, you'll have no trouble. For this first
one, you might see yourself opening a purse and a swarm
of bees fly out of it, stinging you. Just "see" the picture for
a moment, then go to the next one.
#6(shoe)—cigarette. You can see yourself smoking a
shoe instead of a cigarette, see millions of cigarettes falling
out of a shoe, or you can see yourself wearing gigantic
cigarettes instead of shoes.
#4(rye)—ashtray. You might see yourself dropping
ashes into a scooped out loaf of rye bread instead of an
ashtray, or, you're buttering an ashtray instead of a slice
of rye bread.
I am giving you one or more ways that each object can
be associated ridiculously with its peg word. You are to use