Sneeze Many people are used to saying "bless you" or "gesundheit" when someone sneezes. No one says anything when someone coughs or blows their nose, so why do sneezes get special treatment? The phrase "God bless you" belongs to Pope Gregory the Great, who voiced it in the sixth centu...
In almost all countries where English is spoken, the common response to a sneeze by the people around it is "God Bless You". Although the origin of this tradition is not known, the most common explanations focus on the ide a of preventing the soul from escaping the body or an effort ...