´How come they dont do it when I "cut the cheese"?
2006-11-29 22:24:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
hundreds of years ago people thought that when you sneezed you were sneezing the devil out of you or something along those lines... hence why people say "bless you" i hope that i have helped ...
2006-11-29 23:12:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The origin of saying "Bless you!" when someone sneezes stems from an ancient desire to safeguard the sneezer's soul or to commend the dying to the mercy of God.
I actually have a friend that says it when people cut the cheese, lol, funny you say that!
2006-11-29 22:27:38 · answer #2 · answered by Huliganjetta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A long time ago people thought when you sneezed your heart would stop. So they would say God Bless in case you died. At least thats what I was told
2006-11-29 22:26:43 · answer #3 · answered by Amanda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea when anyone sneezes breath stops for that second and starts again after sneeze so its like a new life after sneeze ; thats y people say bless you or god bless you
2006-11-29 22:27:21 · answer #4 · answered by mane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It dates back to the middle ages when there was the Black Death and the Plague, One of the tell tail signs was a sneeze and as such peole would say God bless you, with the idea that he would and you wouldn,t die or if you did he would look after you.That is why in the nursery ryme ring a ring of dossess,a pocket full of possess,a tissue a tissue we all fall down (die).
2006-11-29 22:31:31 · answer #5 · answered by Matthew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in old days they thought when you sneezed you were getting rid of bad spirite or demons. When you have gas problems some people may hope that you get cursed not blessed
2006-11-29 22:28:27 · answer #6 · answered by chaseki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrase origionated in the time of the black plague, as one of the symptoms was sneezing and nearly everyone who caught the plague died. So therefore people said bless you when others sneezed and it stuck really.
2006-11-29 22:26:58 · answer #7 · answered by claireybearyfairy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the middle ages, everyone thought people were forcing out demons when they sneezed... I suppose they didn't think even demons smelled as bad as you cutting the cheese. ;-)
2006-11-29 22:27:24 · answer #8 · answered by futurevizions 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hundreds of years ago, before we had so much medical knowledge, people used to get really scared of becoming sick.. if someone sneezed, they would say "God bless you!" because they were really concerned about the person dying and they were asking God to bless them so that they don't get sick and die..
2006-11-29 22:25:51 · answer #9 · answered by Byakuya 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God bless you!
2006-11-29 22:39:55 · answer #10 · answered by resi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋