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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 ...
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 ...
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
Part of his command was that anyone sneezing be blessed immediately ("God bless you"), since sneezing was often the first sign that someone was falling ill with the plague." [10] By AD 750, it became customary to say "God bless you" as a response to one sneezing. [11] However, the Pope Gregory story appears to be apocryphal. [12]
More than a quarter of respondents believed in making a wish when blowing out birthday candles (28%), seeing a shooting star (28%) and telling someone "bless you" after they sneeze (27%).
In China, Vietnam, South Korea, and Japan, for instance, there is a superstition that if talking behind someone's back causes the person being talked about to sneeze; as such, the sneezer can tell if something good is being said (one sneeze), someone is thinking about you (two sneezes in a row), even if someone is in love with you (three ...
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 ...
Both readings are explained by Jastrow as abbreviations of ה׳ סעדי ('the Lord my help') or זרירך טוב ('may your sneezing be for good'). [24] [25] Depiction of Jacob's death by Wenceslaus Hollar. In Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer and Yelamdenu to Toledot, [26] as quoted in the Arukh, [27] it is said that replying to a sneeze is in fact a ...