Gangan Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 At school in the 40s and 50s we were taught to memorise Yorkshire rivers by this bit of nonsense.... Sam's Uncle Never Wants Auntie Clara Down Our Dark Hole. The 1st letter of each word was the 1st letter of each river,so they are..... Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharfe, Aire, Calder, Don, Ouse, Derwent, Humber. I used to feel sorry for Auntie Clara, though,and wondered why she wasn't wanted down our dark hole! Do you recall any ditties or rhymes from your schooldays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim69 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Richard of York gave battle in vain - the first letter of each word is the colours of the rainbow - red orange yellow green blue indigo violet! face and every good boy deserves football if you take the lines that make up music scores from bottom to top the letters correspond to the musical notes! amazing what daft things you can remember!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangan Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 I didn't know the 1st one...something to teach the Grandkids! I knew the 2nd one,but we used to say... Every Good Boy Deserves Favours !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazel Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Rhymes I remember French verbs using etre instead of avoir here goes because it's been a long time, these are probably mis-spelt. tomber rester aller venir entre montre sorter partier desendre arriver mortier and naitre. and a Poem about Ameoba----- apparently all you need to know about amoeba amoeba proteus first we see a protoplasmic blob is he a marvel of simplicity he changes oft and travels far exuding pseudopodia and should you see him at his best watch him a rotifer digest the case thereof it's made of grit he cast he has no use of it. his neucleus and bless my soul his quaint contractile vacuole unto his kind to give addition he multiplies by simple fision and who for further knowledge looks wlll find the same in printed books hazel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsleydiva Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 I didn't know the 1st one...something to teach the Grandkids! I knew the 2nd one,but we used to say... Every Good Boy Deserves Favours !!! So did we and also Alice Can Eat Grapes for the bass clef! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyPurple Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 My Very Easy Method Just So Ucan Name Planets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redneck Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 HOMES for the Great Lakes - Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. I tell my grandchildren that I would tell them the Great Secret of the Universe that I learned at school but that then I would probably have kill them. That was " guzzinters ". One guzzinter two twice, two guzzinter four twice, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S8 Blade Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 My Vera Eats My Jumper She Uses No Plate (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus (heehee), Neptune & Pluto! Although I guess that wouldn't work now as Pluto isn't a planet now.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 My own invention for remembering Sheffield's 5 main rivers - north to south: Dirty Little Rivers Prefer Slopes (Don Loxley Rivelin Porter Sheaf) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Womersle Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Before I retired, I worked for Royal Mail. This is how we were taught to remember the counties of Northern Ireland. The word to remember was FATLAD, which meant: Fermanagh Antrim Tyrone Londonderry Armagh Down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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