“Bless You”
Why? Why are these words spoken?
Back then when people sneezed they
believed that the soul separated from the body.
When? When did this saying originate?
It entered the English language in
the early part of the 20th century.
How? How did this saying originate?
The most part, the various sneeze
responses originated from ancient superstitions
Where? Where did this saying
originate?
The phrase "God bless you"
is attributed to Pope Gregory the Great, who uttered it in the sixth century
during a bubonic plague epidemic.
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