Tuesday, February 24, 2015

bless you



Bless You


  • The words bless you are spoken when a person sneezes and most people say this out of habit. 
  • This saying originates back to AD 590 when Gregory 1 became pope.
  •  The saying originated when the bubonic plague was reaching Rome.At the time, sneezing was thought to be an early symptom of the plague. The blessing ("God bless you!") became a common effort to halt the disease.
  •  This saying originates in rome.

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