Today’s mnemonic covers a casket part. It’s helpful if you are familiar with some romance languages. 

So, there are a lot of casket parts that you get to be familiar with, the gimp, the ogee and others.  Some are easy to remember, others are not.  Additionally, many of them have synonyms.  This makes it even more challenging to manage all these terms.

One of the casket components that has multiple synonyms is the Lug.  It’s that part of the casket handle that is attached to the casket body.  The lug is also known as the ear, likely based on the fact that simple lugs have a shape that is similar to a human ear. 

And here is the mnemonic for the day.  The third synonymous term for lug.  Its “Escutcheon.”  It’s kind of a strange word.  But if are familiar with Spanish you may know that escúchame means listen to me.  It’s derived from escuchar meaning to hear.  The words escúchame and escutcheon are clearly related.  So, if you are familiar with escúchame then you will remember escutcheon also means ear or lug!