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Originally posted by Semi-Normal
I was taught at primary school that saying "bless you" when someone sneezes originated in the Middle Ages when the Black Death was decimating the population of Europe; sneezing was a symptom of the plague, so when someone sneezed you blessed them as some sort of protection from the plague.
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I was always taught that the Bless You had religious connotations. People of old thought that when a person sneezed that it was their soul was escaping and going to the devil killing them. By saying bless you it caused the soul to return to the person therefore saving their life for another day.
Either way the stories sure sound cool.
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Been There, Couldn't do that, No Money, Maybe next time.
I did get the T-shirt, but I've put on some weight so it don't fit.
It made a nice grease rag!
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