Just wondering if anyone knows how that originated!
2006-07-15 17:59:22 · 11 answers · asked by Elli 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
There are a few right answers to this already sort-of, it is a combination.
It was, and still is by many believed that when you sneeze, your heart stops, giving your soul time to leave the body, and for Satan to possess your body with his demons. "God bless you" is supposed to help preserve the union of body and spirit.
2006-07-15 18:15:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in the Midd. East way back before people knew alot about medical stuff they believed that when you sneezed your heart stopped so by saying God bless you it kept you from dying.
2006-07-16 01:03:40 · answer #2 · answered by MJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it originated from when a long time ago when someone sneezes, they usually say god bless you coz they use to think that your soul jumped out of you when you sneezed and they are really pitying you 4 that.
2006-07-16 01:03:30 · answer #3 · answered by voodoochild 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you sneeze, the heart beating stops for a second and that's why People says 'God bless you' .....Hope this is the correct answer!!!!
2006-07-16 01:06:04 · answer #4 · answered by smartboy231 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was believed that a sneeze was a sign of your soul trying to escape, and that saying God Bless You, trapped your soul back into your body.
2006-07-16 01:03:36 · answer #5 · answered by psycmikev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 is because your heart skips a beat everytime you sneeze and 2 is because the cathlics belive that you sneez ethe holy sprit out of your body and then evil can get in so they say god bless you so the holy spirt gos back in or something close to that..
2006-07-16 01:04:50 · answer #6 · answered by Nicole D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Irish custom. If a virgin sneezed three times, without beinb blessed. they could be taken to Faery.
2006-07-16 10:31:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that the people used to believe that when you sneezed, you opened an opportunity for an evil spirit to inhabit your body.
The phrase was then used to help prevent you from being inhabited.
Hope that this helps.
Buddhadan
2006-07-16 01:03:21 · answer #8 · answered by buddhadan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I have heard is that each time you sneeze, you come one second closer to death because ALL bodily functions stop for approximately one second. For instance, it is physically impossible to keep your eyes open when you sneeze!
2006-07-17 11:25:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we use to think that our heart stops when we sneezed; hence, we wanted to make sure that our loved ones stayed alilve.
2006-07-16 01:23:03 · answer #10 · answered by garcon1on1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋