People sometimes sneeze when they have a cold. Or they sneeze when something bothers their nose. Their nose gets full. Suddenly, air comes from their nose and mouth.
People usually say “God bless you” when someone sneezes. Some countries say other things. In Spanish language countries, people wish good health when someone sneezes.
Nobody really knows why people say, “God bless you.” People have some ideas about it.
In the past, a plague happens in a lot of the world. People are scared. The disease is very dangerous. Someone who sneezes is sick. People ask God to keep him safe from the plague.
These days, people say these words normally. For many people, it is polite.
Difficult words: bless (to ask God to keep someone safe), plague (a dangerous disease which makes many people sick and kills many people), polite (good behavior with others).
When someone sneezes, in some countries, people say “God bless you.” Nobody really knows the start of this response, but people have several theories about it.
In the past, when someone sneezed, people thought that his soul left the body. All they could saw was “God bless you.”
In the 6th century, a plague happened in Europe, and Pope Gregory I ordered people to give blessings to someone who sneezed. In the 14th century, another plague happened, and a person who sneezed could be sick. People started to say, “God bless you.”
These days, for many people, the response is a natural reaction, and many think that it is polite to say it. In some countries, people don’t say it. For example, in Spanish language countries, people say the word “salud.” It means something like “good health”.
Why do we say “God bless you” when someone sneezes? People cannot say exactly when or where the response started; however, we have some theories.
A long time ago, people thought that when someone sneezed, snot and the soul escaped, too, and to say “God bless you” was to help. Another theory is from the 6th century when a plague struck Europe, and Pope Gregory I formally ordered people shout out blessings to protect someone who sneezed. Similarly, in the 14th century during the bubonic plague, sneezing was a sign that a person might be sick with the plague.
Today, the reaction is mostly ingrained, and people think it is polite. However, people don’t use it worldwide. For example, in Spanish speaking countries, people say “salud”, which can be translated to “good health”.
Why do we say “God bless you” when someone sneezes? People cannot say exactly when or where the response started; however, we have some theories.
A long time ago, people thought that when someone sneezed, snot and the soul escaped, too, and to say “God bless you” was to help. Another theory is from the 6th century when a plague struck Europe, and Pope Gregory I formally ordered people shout out blessings to protect someone who sneezed. Similarly, in the 14th century during the bubonic plague, sneezing was a sign that a person might be sick with the plague.
Today, the reaction is mostly ingrained, and people think it is polite. However, people don’t use it worldwide. For example, in Spanish speaking countries, people say “salud”, which can be translated to “good health”.
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