I was waken up by my hungry stomach at 8.xx am. Then I check something in the net. And I found something that is new to me or perhaps others too. The normal thing that we do after sneezed is we say “
excuse me” for that irritating action but in other places, they say “
bless you”. Why is it so? Keep reading then.
The question here is:
Where did the phrase “bless you” come from when you sneeze?
Answers:
- In
medieval time, they believed that when someone sneezed the body was
expelling demons. By saying "god blesses you" they were hoping to
guard against the evil spirits entering the body again.
- In
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.
- In
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.
- 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 people would
cover their mouths and others would ask god to bless you.
Okay people out there, gotta change the phrase “
excuse me” to “
bless you” after we sneeze! We might expel demons and hope it will not enter the body again
or we might release our souls from body or we might die!