Why does people say bless you when you sneeze?

Question

Why does people say bless you when you sneeze?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

It's a superstition about the devil / evil leaving your body

Answer 3

There are many superstitions about it but one I can remember is wayyy back in the day people were kinda dumb and thought  your soul could escape if you sneezed so they said "Bless You".

Answer 4

i dont know why people does say that

Answer 5

My social studies teacher told us this when we were in 8th grade. Supposibly the practice started in medival times, during the time of the Bubonic Plague i think he said, or the time of some other disease. Whenver you would get sick, one of the first symptoms was to start sneezing, so therefore, people seeing a person sneezing would assume they were sick and therefore say "God bless you"!

Interesting how we come to say some of these things, isn't it?

Answer 6

Well, not all of us say it. Actualy some people have very annoying sneeze, it sounds like you are at the zoo-when they sneeze repeatedly.....when this happens I get up, and go as far away from them as possible, to get away from those million germs they just spewed into their orbit... unless it`s just a piece of snot stuck in their nostril, that makes them sneeze, he-he-he, and that`s nothing to sneeze at..

Answer 7

i dont know