2006-10-30 03:09:45 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
They use to think every time you sneezed that you shot out demons and evil spirits, and so it comes from there.
2006-10-30 03:13:02 · answer #1 · answered by Manny 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
All the things about the plague sounds good. I was told that when you sneeze, your heart misbeats, your sneeze makes your heart skip a beat. The bless you is to get it started again.
Old wives tail I'm sure, but it sounds as good as anything else
2006-10-30 23:37:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Mom always told us it is because when you sneeze everything stops in your body for a second and if it continued that way you could die, so when you sneezed although it is totally safe, your body came close to dying, sort of. So you need a blessing! God Bless You!
2006-10-30 11:18:48 · answer #3 · answered by Sleek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A long time ago. It used to be known that you die because you don't have a soul or spirit anymore. When you are born, you start out with a full spirit. But every time you sneeze, you let a little bit of your spirit out. SO they said bless you because it was like you are getting nearer to your death.
Or something close/similar to that. There are many variations to this.
2006-10-30 11:21:24 · answer #4 · answered by GodisLove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from the days of the plague in europe. A sneeze was often the first sign of the plague which was fatal. People said bless you to the sneezer because it was assumed they had the plague.
2006-10-30 11:17:32 · answer #5 · answered by reallyfedup 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why couldn't u've just had looked at a simliar question that would have answered this. I get sick of it. okay yrs ago in the days of yor folks said God bless you b/c your soul was trying to escape during a sneeze. That was therory. The end.
2006-10-30 12:02:16 · answer #6 · answered by missgigglebunny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard it first started during the plagues, people were dying left and right, and apparently they thought that a sneeze was the first symptom, so they said bless you because they were about to die
2006-10-30 11:18:06 · answer #7 · answered by LoriBeth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes back to the plague days of 14 - 1600's.
One of the first signs of plague was to sneeze which would bring a blessing from anyone nearby as "bless you."
The first visual sign was reddish coloured rings on the skin.
The old nursery rhyme "Ring-a ring-o-roses" is about this.
A pocket of posies (sweet smelling flowers) was supposed to ward off plague.
"Atishoo! Atishoo! - we all fall down." ie dead
The second verse is about death (ashes on the water) and burial followed by (we all jump up) resurrection.
2006-10-30 11:22:46 · answer #8 · answered by hippoterry2005 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a good question!!!!!! I have asked the same question. I was told that when you sneeze you get rid of some kind of germ or something that prevent you from being sick , something to that affect and....I forgot! I still don't say it. It just don't make sense to me. To each it's own!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-30 11:33:15 · answer #9 · answered by Child of God 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because people used to think that when you sneezed it was your soul trying to escape and saying "God Bless you" kept it in.
2006-10-30 11:15:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋