2006-10-26 08:37:59 · 16 answers · asked by Mike V 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
cotton socks used to be a luxury only rich people could afford so if someone had 100% cotton anything it would be like winning the lottery to the working class .... not sure where it came from
2006-10-26 20:33:19 · answer #1 · answered by tink 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that when people say God bless you after a sneeze it was an attempt to protect the person. The belief goes your heart would stop for a minute and the phrase was supposed to protect when your where vulnerable. Maybe the blessing on the baby is meant in the same vain. As for the socks, it probably means every bit of him be blessed. That's my guess.
2006-10-26 08:47:35 · answer #2 · answered by bumclown7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was once a priest - I cant remember his name - who used to give children in his village cotton socks blessed with holy water. People then said "Bess your cotton socks" refering to this preist - I think people said this taking the miky out of him.
Hope this helped.
2006-10-28 00:20:52 · answer #3 · answered by SamStrife 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know, but cotton is the best and softest material to put against a babys delicate skin.
2006-10-26 08:40:38 · answer #4 · answered by Happyworms 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
toddlers are harmless in the eyes of God. Jesus won't punish an harmless individual, so he blesses the youngsters, whom he loves. of direction, it quite is not asserting that undesirable issues on no account ensue to toddlers, yet that may no longer by way of fact of any undesirable deeds that the toddler has achieved, yet by way of fact of yet another's sins. it is what it is... Jesus blesses the harmless.
2016-10-16 10:45:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you really?? That's very sweet! I've never heard it before. It's no different than me saying Jesus H. Tapdancing C**** instead of just plain J.C.--just an emphasis thing--but yours is much cuddlier!
2006-10-26 08:47:30 · answer #6 · answered by Leslie D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where are these words uttered? I have never heard of such a prayer.
2006-10-26 09:20:56 · answer #7 · answered by marizani 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who does that?
2006-10-26 08:52:50 · answer #8 · answered by Dexter Lives 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it cotten is soft clean and pure, and blessed kind of represents that too
2006-10-26 23:20:48 · answer #9 · answered by lulu x 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always had my "little pea pickin' heart" blessed.
2006-10-26 08:41:47 · answer #10 · answered by ihave5katz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋