Mnemonic verses
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Mnemonic verses help in remembering facts.
Examples
- The order of the zodiac signs:
- The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins,
- And next' the Crab, the Lion shines,
- The Virgin and the Scales.
- The Scorpion, Archer, and the Goat,
- The Man who holds the Watering Pot,
- And Fish with glittering scales.
- The lengths of the months.
- Thirty days hath September,
- April, June, and November;
- All the rest have thirty-one,
- Except for February alone,
- Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine,
- Till leap year give it twenty-nine.
- The difference between prone (face-down) and supine (face-up):
- In muggings, muggers must attack
- The victim's proper zone:
- The belly if he's supine,
- And the spine if he is prone.