Day one of Oral Traditions class. We've been told to think of this as an elite class, unfit for the unwashed masses. Which may not take very much, since I know more than a few people who often can't remember what they had for breakfast, let alone the nooks and crannies of an unfrequented church(the location favored by Peter of Rivenia(sic?) for conducting exercises in memory, according to page 113 in Yates' the Art of Memory).
The two big things that help with memory are loci(or location) and image. I've been told and various times in my life that I have a good memory, but I have the sneaking suspicion that this class may end up challenging what vanity I have on that count.