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Uses of the Peg and Link Systems 65
remembering schedules and appointments in another chap-
ter; wherein you will learn to remember appointments for
definite times and days. For the time being what you've
learned in this chapter will suffice for simple errands.
Before going to bed each night, list your errands and
appointments for the following day. Memorize them as
explained, then go over them in the morning just to make
sure. That's all there is to it.
Before completing this chapter, please learn the pegs for
#26 through to #50. These, of course, follow the rules of
the phonetic alphabet, as do all the pegs.
26. notch 32. moon 38. movie 44. rower
27. neck 33. mummy 39. mop 45. roll
28. knife 34. mower 40. rose 46. roach
29. knob 35. mule 41. rod 47. rock
30. mice 36. match 42. rain 48. roof
31. mat 37. mug 43. ram 49. rope
50. lace
If the item to be associated with #26 were cigarette, you
could see a gigantic cigarette with a "notch" in it. For
"mower," picture a lawn-mower. For "mug," picture a beer
mug. You can use either a fishing rod or a curtain rod for
#41. In associating the word for #42, "rain," I usually
picture it raining the particular item that I want to recall.
For "roll," you might use a breakfast roll.
Be sure that you know all the words from one through
fifty, thoroughly, before reading any further. You should
know the higher numbered words as well as the lower ones.
A good way to practice this would be to remember a list
of twenty-five objects, in and out of sequence, using the
peg words from 26 to 50 to do it. Just number the paper
from 26 to 50 instead of 1 to 25. After a day or so, if you
feel ambitious, you can try a list of fifty items. If you make
sure that you use strong, ridiculous associations, you
shouldn't have any trouble remembering all of them.