Monday, February 23, 2015

                                         “Bless You” 

Whenever someone sneezes, you say “bless you” or hear someone else say these words.
Why? Why are these words spoken? The origin of saying "Bless you!" when someone sneezes stems from an ancient desire to safeguard the sneeze's soul or to commend the dying to the mercy of God.
When? When did this saying originate? AD 590
How? How did this saying originate? One belief is that it originated in Rome when the subsonic plague was raging through Europe.
Where? Where did this saying originate? Rome
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