2007-01-06 06:49:34 · 38 answers · asked by saralouise_uk2002 3 in Health ➔ Dental
Should we say it after someone farts???
2007-01-06 06:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by Hi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because its a known fact that after you sneeze you stop breathing for 3 seconds. We should really be saying god blessed you but you know how people are we make make things shorter and roll with it like this short answer.
2007-01-06 06:54:59 · answer #2 · answered by meka g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some cultures believe that if you sneeze, part of your soul leaves your body. Therefore, saying "bless you" (or "God bless you") is a way of showing someone that you care for their soul, and, of course, have asked God to bless you. Few people know where it comes from; it's become a cultural habit.
2007-01-06 06:53:19 · answer #3 · answered by trailangel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure when this practice dates to (possibly the middle ages), BUT: the reason we say "God bless you" when someone sneezes is because it was once believed that a sneeze was demons, the devil or demonic influences escaping your body.
Bonus: We shake hands because in the times of swords, etc., it was a sign that you had no weapon in your hand and meant no harm.
2007-01-06 06:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by andy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It dates back a long way to the middle ages. People thought a sneeze was an open window for the devil to steal your soul so saying "God bless you" was to bless you and stop the devil from stealing your soul
2007-01-06 06:52:33 · answer #5 · answered by fluffybunny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It originates from the time of The Plague. One of the symptoms was sneezing and when you heard someone sneeze you knew they had got it and would die. People would say bless you and it's continued on from there.
Hence the nursery rhyme Ring a ring of Rosie's (the marks on the victims body) A pocket full of posies, Atishoo Atishoo, we all fall down (and die).
Hope that helps.
2007-01-06 06:55:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because theres an old european superstition that at the moment you opened your mouth to sneeze, the Devil could enter into you. So the blessing was to keep him out.
2007-01-06 06:52:57 · answer #7 · answered by nealo d 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dates back to olden days when they thought a sneeze allowed the devil to enter the body. Hence why someone would say 'bless you'
Edit - The black death ones are wrong, I'm right!! 'Bless you' was even said before the black death. And for the record, the nursery rhyme 'ring-a-ring of rosies' with the line 'atishoo, atishoo, all fall down' has nothing to do with the black death. This is an urban myth.
2007-01-06 06:51:59 · answer #8 · answered by Ecko 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
in the old days people believed that sneezing was a way of getting rid of demons that were inside of you. they said bless you to stop them from going back inside.
2007-01-06 06:57:57 · answer #9 · answered by delphis49 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is based on an old belief that the spirit can escape through the nostrils or other orifices and other spirits can enter. The blessing is to keep the evils from entering.
Nose piercing comes from the belief that the spirit will get so caught up in the artifical hole that it will ignore the big nostril hole.
2007-01-06 06:53:28 · answer #10 · answered by KD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because some believe when you sneeze your soul escapes so apparently if you say 'bless you' your soul returns to your body.
2007-01-06 06:52:21 · answer #11 · answered by Trinity 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋