Is there a trick or catchy way to remember the elements and their symbols?

Answer 1

For the first 20 elements: Happy Henry Likes Beer But Can Not Often Find Necessary Natural Mugs Always Sitting Perpindicularly Sideways Close Around Ken Can (H=hydrogen, He=helium, Li=lithium, B=Berylium, etc)

Answer 2

What I did was take 3 years of chemistry at university. It sure did the trick