“Bless You”

Whenever someone sneezes, you say “Bless you” or hear someone else say these words.

                People say bless you when someone sneezes because it is believed that when someone sneezes there is a sickness coming to them. This originates from a thousand years ago when people use to say Jupiter preserve you. They said this because it meant good health, this started in the bubonic plague people thought that sneezing was a symptom of this. This saying originated from Germany when the Pope said that it was because of sneezing people was getting sick.