If anyone suffering from sore throat ties his (or her) left stocking round his throat on going to bed, he will be better in the morning. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, E. & M. A. Radford.

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<p>One of a series of leaflets (Encyclopaedia of Superstitions by E. & M.A. Radford) advertising Actifed Compound Linctus, active against symptoms of the common cold, containing codeine. Showing a man being tended in bed by a woman, visited by a medical practitioner.</p>

If anyone suffering from sore throat ties his (or her) left stocking round his throat on going to bed, he will be better in the morning ... : 'Actifed' brand compound linctus.

If anyone suffering from sore throat ties his (or her) left stocking round his throat on going to bed, he will be better in the morning ... : 'Actifed' brand compound linctus.

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