Do you have a habit saying " bless you" after someone sneeze
By zabawaus
@zabawaus (1730)
United States
August 9, 2007 3:14am CST
Here in my country it is a very common thing that people say someone "bless you" after he/she sneezes. Actually the exact translation we say is " Live long " . This is a very very old habit comes from years.I learned that when people sneezes their hearts stop beating for a microsecond , thats why people start to make this kind of reaction. Do your country people have same kind of responses when someone sneezes?
2 responses
@sunshinecup (7871)
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9 Aug 07
Yes most here say "Bless You" and I couldn't understand why. Then one day on the history channel, they had a show on that talked about this. Many years ago, it was believed when one sneezed, it was because a demon was trying to get up their nose and possess them. So when someone blessed them the demon(s) would run away and leave the person alone.
LOL, however I like your saying more and it seems less superstitious.
