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What reason?ever since I learned the reason behind saying "bless you" I have really not wanted to say it anymore
What reason?
I heard it was the Black Death. Probably not too much chance of that either, though, in present circumstances.I was told that it is because people used to get sick and die from colds or at least believed there was a good chance, and so when people sneezed, they would say "God bless you" because they thought the person might die.
I don't think there is much risk of death from sneezing so I think saying "God bless you" is a little much...
I heard it was the Black Death. Probably not too much chance of that either, though, in present circumstances.
I heard that people used to say "bless you" because a sneeze was a time when you weren't paying attention so that the devil could possess you
Which is why I occasionally say,'Bless you before the devils get in'...and get odd looks from people for my troubles.You have got it in one... It was thought the devil could enter you when you sneezed.
Not only would people say God bless you , but they would cross them selves for protection.
Atheist or not, I often cross myself when I yawn. I'm not really worried about the devil, but I wasn't when I was a Christian, either.You have got it in one... It was thought the devil could enter you when you sneezed.
Not only would people say God bless you , but they would cross them selves for protection.
Likewise. My great-grandmother was born in this country, but grew up speaking German at home; my grandmother spoke English at home, but German at church and at her grandparents' house. I'm always a little amused at people who get so indignant about Latino immigrants speaking Spanish. My great-great-grandfather lived in the United States for 47 years, and never learned English well or allowed English to be spoken in his house. His church, his job, and his labor union all used German rather than English.I say Gezundheit because I grew up around a lot of Germanic immigrants.