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  2. Response to sneezing - Wikipedia

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    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). There are several proposed origins of the phrase "bless-you" for use in the context of ...

  3. God bless you - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Polite parrot says 'God Bless You' after owner sneezes

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    Have you ever wondered why we say “God Bless You” when someone sneezes? As it turns out, there are a few explanations about the origins of this kind and polite response. One belief is that it ...

  5. Why people say 'bless you' after sneezing - AOL

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    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

  6. Judaism and sneezing - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Student claims her 'bless you' caused suspension - AOL

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    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 ...

  8. Sneeze - Wikipedia

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    It may be because this belief survived through the centuries, that in certain parts of Greece today, when someone is asserting something and the listener sneezes promptly at the end of the assertion, the former responds "bless you and I am speaking the truth", or "bless you and here is the truth" ("γεια σου κι αλήθεια λέω ...

  9. Jewish greetings - Wikipedia

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    Hebrew equivalent of saying "bless you" when someone sneezes. [9] Refuah Shlemah: רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה ‎ Get well soon. Lit. full recovery Hebrew Used when someone is sick or injured. [10] Also see related daily prayer addition.