2007-03-01 07:58:04 · 10 answers · asked by Hello Kitty 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Interesting - I know in some cultures people believe that when you sneeze your heart stops beating for a second so that's why they say bless you.
2007-03-01 08:07:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Apparently, it was believed at some point in history that when a person sneezed it was possible to expectorate one's soul in the process. If someone said "bless you" or "God bless you", it was supposed to stop the 'escaping' of the soul, and still allow the sneezer to becapable of entering Heaven.
2007-03-01 23:55:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As I understand it, in the old days, people thought after you sneezed, it made your heart stop...so they would hurry up and say God bless you....in hopes the heart would start beating again.
2007-03-01 16:09:28 · answer #3 · answered by cajunrescuemedic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the middle ages people thought that when you sneezed your soul was trying to escape, but by say 'god bless you' your soul would stay inside.
2007-03-01 16:04:44 · answer #4 · answered by iron chef bryan 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I heard somewhere that whenever you would sneeze back in the day people believed it scared away bad spirits. Thus, people would say "God bless you" as a type of "hey thanks for scaring away those bad spirits!"
2007-03-01 16:06:26 · answer #5 · answered by Jessica La La Leigh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I heard that it used to be believed that when you sneeze, your heart stops, but studies later proved that was not true.
2007-03-01 16:08:54 · answer #6 · answered by sherri p #5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not positive but, I think it is based on the belief/or fact that when you sneeze your heart momentarily stops or skips. So, there sort of saying a prayer for you.
2007-03-01 16:06:17 · answer #7 · answered by Ed 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
people thought you lost part of your soul and by saying god bless you God would bring it back.
2007-03-01 16:01:48 · answer #8 · answered by Froggiesmiles 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tradition. And habit.
2007-03-01 16:05:08 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because only the devil sneases
2007-03-01 16:05:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋