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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. 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

  5. Sneeze - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Why does my sneeze smell bad? An expert explains - AOL

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    A nasty stench after you sneeze, then, doesn’t mean you’re sick, per se. “I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad sign,” Ramakrishnan says, just odorants reaching the olfactory nerve that ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Jewish greetings - Wikipedia

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    Yiddish (and German) equivalent of saying "bless you" when someone sneezes. Also sometimes "tsu gezunt". [2] Labriut (or Livriut) לַבְּרִיאוּת ‎ To Health [livʁiˈʔut] Hebrew Hebrew equivalent of saying "bless you" when someone sneezes. [9] Refuah Shlemah: רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה ‎ Get well soon. Lit. full recovery ...

  9. Why does my sneeze smell bad? An expert explains - AOL

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    Some speculated that a stanky sneeze indicated a sinus infection or tonsillitis. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in ...