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REMEMBERING THE WORD "FACE" TO HELP YOU TO REMEMBER THE
MUSICAL PITCH OF THE SPACES BETWEEN THE FIVE HORIZONTAL
LINES OF THE MUSICAL STAFF..
Data entry tech comment: ILLUSTRATION OF THE MUSICAL LINES ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 01-28-1970
TAKE ONLY THE FIRST THREE LETTERS AND THE LAST OF A
WORD AS A MEANS OF SHORTHAND.
EXAMPLE: DISTINGUISH=DISTINH. (BECAUSE THE DIS PREFIX
IS NECESSARY, BUT WOULDN'T TELL YOU THE WORD.
CIGARETTE=CIGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
A KNIFE AND A FORK AND A BOTTLE AND A CORK
THAT'S THE WAY YOU SPELL NEW YORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
A CHICKEN AND A CAR AND THE CAR WON'T GO
THAT'S HOW YOU SPELL CHICAGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
THERE IS A WAY TO REMEMBER HOW MANY DAYS THERE ARE
IN A PARTICULAR MONTH. THE RHYME IS AS FOLLOWS:
THIRTY DAYS HAS SEPTEMBER,
APRIL, JUNE, AND NOVEMBER,
ALL THE REST HAVE THIRTY-ONE,
SAVE FEBRUARY WITH TWENTY-EIGHT,
ADD ONE MORE WHEN LEAP YEAR COME.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PORT CHESTER
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Mnemonic Device
When one is having problems spelling the word arithmetic, just remember the sentence: "A Rat In The House May Eat The Ice Cream."
Submitter comment:
Informant's teacher told this to him when he was in third grade in 1956 at St. Francis D'Assisi School in Detroit, MI.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
BN V300 used due to previous entries/classifications using the same mnemonic device.
James Callow comment:
Mnemonic Device; Spelling
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Arithmetic ; MATHEMATICS ; MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; SCHOOL ; SPELLING
James Callow Keyword(s): Mnemonic Device ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Mnemonic Device
The following sentence has been used in grade schools in aiding the memory of spelling arithmetic: A Rat In The House May Eat The Ice Cream.
Submitter comment:
During the informant's grade school years (1961-3) at Beard School in Detroit this mnemonic device was used.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
BN V300 was chosen because of previous entries and classifications with this exact mnemonic device.
James Callow comment:
The original BN [C534] is crossed out and the word Mnemonic is written next to it.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Arithmetic ; MATHEMATICS ; MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; Mnemonic Device ; SCHOOL ; SPELLING
James Callow Keyword(s): Mnemonic Device ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Spelling Aid
Arithmetic: A Rat In Tom's House May Eat Tom's Ice Cream.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
BN V300 and MNEM chosen due to previous/existing classification of such entries using the same mnemonic device.
James Callow comment:
Original BN [A784] Crossed out and replaced with the term Mnemonic Device.
Submission Card was located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Arithmetic ; EDUCATION ADVICE ; MATHEMATICS ; MEMORY ; Mnemonic Device ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Spelling Aid
Geography - George Eats Old Gray Rats And Paints Houses Yellow.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TR.Davidson
V300 and MNEM chosen due to previous entries of similar or exact substance using these classifications.
James Callow comment:
Original BN [A784] crossed out and the term mnemonic device is written next to it.
Submission card was located in a pile markled To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): EDUCATION ; EDUCATION ADVICE ; GEOGRAPHY ; MNEMONIC ; Mnemonic Device ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Mnemonic Device
A mnemonic Device for remembering the names of the Great Lakes:
H.O.M.E.S.
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H.uron
O.ntario
M.ichigan
E.rie
S.uperior
Submitter comment:
It is rather vague where, when or who I learned this from, But I do remember it!
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card was located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: OHIO ; FOURTH GRADE CLASS ; Teacher ; Brownhelm School
Keyword(s): EDUCATION ; EDUCATION ADVICE ; GEOGRAPHY ; GREAT LAKES ; MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; Mnemonic Device
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Mnemonic Device
S,P,D,F
Stupid People Die First
(Shells Permitted in Atomic Orbitals)
Data entry tech comment:
Motif and BN added by TRD
BN selected by previous similar classifications.
James Callow comment:
Submission card located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Atomic ; MNEMONIC ; Mnemonic Device ; Stupid People
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Entry filtered.
Mnemonic Device
-Vibgyor-
One of my art teachers tried to make it easier for us to remember colors and their place on the color wheel so she introduced to us -vibgyor-pronounced vib-gee-or.
Submitter comment:
This method works every time - I now remember them (the colors).
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile labeled To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): ART ; COLOR ; EDUCATION ; EDUCATION ADVICE ; MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; Mnemonic Device
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Mnemonic Device
ARITHMETIC = A Rat In The House Might Eat The Ice Cream.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Bn [C890] crossed out.
Submission card located in pile marked [?]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Arithmetic ; MATHEMATICS ; MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; Mnemonic Device ; SCHOOL ; SPELLING
James Callow Keyword(s): Mnemonic Device ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Mnemonic Device
Musical Mnemonic Device:
To remember the line notes of the Treble Clef Scale (E-G-B-D-F) just remember the phrase "Every Good Boy Does Fine."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; MUSIC ; Notes ; Scale
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Mnemonic Device
Musical Mnemonic Device:
To remember the line notes on the Bass Clef Scale (G-B-D-F-A) just remember the phrase "Good Boys Do Fine Always."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; Musical ; Notes ; Scale
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Mnemonic Device
Musical Mnemonic Device:
To remember the space between notes of the Treble Clef Scale (F-A-C-E), just remember the word FACE.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; MUSIC ; Musical ; Notes ; Scale
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Mnemonic Device
Musical Mnemonic Device:
To remember the space the notes [sic] on the Bass Clef Scale (A-C-E-G) just remember the phrase "All Cows Eat Grass," or "All Cars Eat Gas."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; MUSIC ; Musical ; Notes ; Scale
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Mnemonic Device
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [ C750.534] is crossed out. Replaced with the words Mnemonic Device.
Keyword(s): Christopher Columbus ; MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Mnemonic Device
Memory Verse:
In Italian:
"Le Vocali"
Ah, che cose strombe!
L'A con due gambe;
L'E con tre braccia;
L'O tondo in faccia.
Curioso e L'U
Che guarda in su;
Ma il piu carino
L'I col puntino.
In English:
Oh, what strange things!
The A with two legs;
The E with three arms;
The O's round face.
Different is the U that looks up;
But the cutest one is the I with the dot.
Submitter comment:
The TIalian children use this little rhyme to help remember the vowels
Data entry tech comment:
Motif and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C534] is crossed out. No replacement
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; VALENTES MENS FORMALWEAR
Keyword(s): Italian ; MEMORY ; MNEMONIC ; Mnemonic Device ; RHYME ; Vowels
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |