I've heard that when you sneeze, your heart stops beating for a fraction of a sec...people say bless you so you will be ok.
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i want to say like england. they thought that when you sneezed that some of your soul escaped. so they would say that in hopes of saving your soul from hell.
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The saying comes from way back in history. When one sneezed, it was though that one lost part of their soul.
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Also, during the bubonic plague, it was believed that if you sneezed, you were probably going to die. So it was helping to send your soul to God's care.
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In old times it was thought that evil spirits needed to enter the body to posses a person. The spirits would make you sneeze, cough, or yawn to get an opening. In order to stop them peole would cover their mouths and others would ask god to bless you.
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It's my understanding that people used to think that your life is in your breath. Expire means breathe out, but that came to also mean to die. Obviously, this connection would lead people to believe that sneezing could easily be fatal. Now it's just become a traditional thing to say.
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i want to say like england. they thought that when you sneezed that some of your soul escaped. so they would say that in hopes of saving your soul from hell.
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The saying comes from way back in history. When one sneezed, it was though that one lost part of their soul.
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Also, during the bubonic plague, it was believed that if you sneezed, you were probably going to die. So it was helping to send your soul to God's care.
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In old times it was thought that evil spirits needed to enter the body to posses a person. The spirits would make you sneeze, cough, or yawn to get an opening. In order to stop them peole would cover their mouths and others would ask god to bless you.
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It's my understanding that people used to think that your life is in your breath. Expire means breathe out, but that came to also mean to die. Obviously, this connection would lead people to believe that sneezing could easily be fatal. Now it's just become a traditional thing to say.
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