Once I found out how that got started I refused to say it anymore.
2006-10-17 08:22:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I still say it as a courtesy and habit. I just feel like it is rude not to say even though the statement itself has no real bearing on our current culture or beliefs.
2006-10-17 12:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by Tara P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people during the Great Plague believed that if a person sneezed it could be that they had bubonic plague so they said "bless you" as blessing that they not die from it. Some other say it was a sign of an evil spirit leaving your bodies and another explaination is that you are blessing the person so that the spirit cannot renter them
2006-10-17 16:16:24 · answer #2 · answered by MCS 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its part of my Irish heritage going way back, before the Black Death.
You appear to appear to not have had a proper upbringing to other people.
2006-10-17 23:31:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was said due to one losing their breath while sneezing so you Bless them.
2006-10-18 22:08:50 · answer #4 · answered by tamara.knsley@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋