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1912 illustration. In English-speaking countries, the common verbal response to another person's sneeze is "(God) bless you", or less commonly in the United States and Canada, "Gesundheit", the German word for health (and the response to sneezing in German-speaking countries).
God bless you (variants include God bless or bless you [1]) is a common English phrase generally used to wish a person blessings in various situations, [1] [2] especially to "will the good of another person", as a response to a sneeze, and also, when parting or writing a valediction.
Sneezing can be caused by crazy things like being too full, seeing a bright light, or even orgasm. For how common sneezing is — other animals sneeze too Why people say 'bless you' after sneezing
When responding to the sneeze of a child, the latter can be expanded to Tsu gezunt, tsum lebn, tsum vaksn, tsum kveln ('Your health, your life, your growth, your joy') and other like expressions. [6] In modern Hebrew , the most commonly-used phrase is livri'ut ( לִבְרִיאוּת , sometimes also לַבְּרִיאוּת , labri'ut , both ...
NEWBERN, Tenn. - Who would have thought a sneeze in school and a "bless you" would capture so much attention. According to the website momdot.com, a student at Dyer County High School in Newbern ...
Several hypotheses exist for why the custom arose of saying "bless you" or "God bless you" in the context of sneezing: Some say it came into use during the plague pandemics of the 14th century. Blessing the individual after showing such a symptom was thought to prevent possible impending death due to the lethal disease. [25]
Lee Greenwood will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his iconic anthem “God Bless the USA” – a love letter to the country – and at 81 years old, he has no plans to slow down.
If somebody is sneezing, one may respond "[God] bless you". Because many people do not want to use a blessing phrase with religious context, instead the German term "gesundheit" is widely used. (Very seldom heard in the south or in Texas.) In German, Gesundheit means health, but is also used as response when someone sneezes. The same word is ...