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Can you think of any?

A mnemonic to remember the kings and queens of England Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee, Harry, Dick, John, Harry Three One, Two, Three Neds, Richard Two Henries Four Five, Six… then who? Edward Four, Five, Dick the Bad Harries twain and Ned the Lad Mary, Bessie, James the Vain Charlie, Charlie, James again William and Mary, Ann Gloria Four Georges, William and Victoria Edward Seventh next, and then George the Fifth on 1910 In’ 36 came Edward Eight Who, in that year, did abdicate George Six he of gentle mien Elizabeth Two, God save the Queen

Dee, I've got that one in my book, sorry can't think of any more lol :-)

Richard of York gained battles in vain, gives you the colours of the rainbow Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

A musical one.............Eat Good Bread Dear Father. Gives the notes EGBDF on a stave. Reg

... and F A C E represents the notes in the spaces between the lines on a stave. CB >|<

Hi Dee I remember one from childhood for the colours of the rainbow Read Only Your Green Book In Verse Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet Susan

Oooh Reg that one brought back memories. When I was at school we were told--- Every Good Bird Does Fly & FACE. Vivienne

For naming the planets in order from the Sun, the phrase: 'Mary's Violet Eyes Made John Stay Up Nights Proposing' Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

I always use 'please send your cat home' for all the words beginning psych

Hi Susan There seem to be several variations for a lot of these Interesting to see what people are coming up with I had forgotten the musical ones, my son did music for a while and he used to use them Dee x

Thirty days has September,April,June and November All the rest have 31 except for February alone which has 28 days clear and 29 each leap year. Not technically a mnemonic but helps with number of days in each month Susan

Many young Australian, Kiwi and British children remember the compass points in order in clockwise with the phrase Never Eat Soggy Weet-bix, or Never Eat Shredded Wheat (North, East, South, West).

'Spring forward, fall back'....a way to remember how the clocks are changed- forward one hour in Spring and back one hour in Autumn 'Separate is A RAT of a word to spell!'......helps spell this very misspelled word (separate not seperate) 'When 2 vowels go walking, the first does the talking'......eg: moat, eat etc-

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Contains every letter of the alphabet used when learnng to type. Germaine x

'Big Elephants Can't Always Use Small Exits' is one we use to remember how to spell BECAUSE. One of my sons could never spell 'said' so we used Sally Ann Is Disgusting. Also, Never Eat Shredded Wheat for the points on a compass. Carolyn

Aileen You mentioning separate brings back memories of someone telling me that if you assume something you are making an ' ass out of u and me' Dee xx

To remember how to spell Genealogy Genealogists Examine Needed Evidence At Lots Of Grave Yards Christine

For naming the planets in order we use: My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets. Carolyn

At school for helping spell place names we had GLASGOW Granny Likes A Small Glass O' Whisky EDINBURGH Edward Died In November Buried Under Robert Graham's House for BECAUSE we had Big Elephants Can Add Up Sums Easily Christine