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    4. why do we say bless you when someone sneezes?
    why do we say bless you when someone sneezes?

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    +1  Views: 525 Answers: 3 Posted: 12 years ago
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      It was /is believed that when someone sneezes,  they must be blessed to hender the release of demons or better yet,  what lindilou wrote.....

      8 years ago. Rating: 3
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        jhharlan

        Yes, do not vote up this answer. I know the answer but can only describe it like lindi did. Wait! You say Bless You to keep the good stuff inside or something like that.....
        commented 8 years ago

        It was thought that sneezing released the 'devil' or evil supposedly trapped within a body ... blessing was a way of supposedly cleansing the body. I know ... wth?

        8 years ago. Rating: 3
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          It started back in England during the black plague days,,one of the signs that you had the plague was a sneeze,,so when someone sneezed they would bless them on their way to God,as they were going to die..http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/blessyou.asp

          8 years ago. Rating: 2
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