Why do people say God bless you when you sneeze?!
Question:
Why do people say God bless you when you sneeze?
Answers:
in the great plague, people used to walk around with a posy of flowers- to keep the smell of death away- sneezing- was the first sign of the plague- so if you sneezed- people said- "God Bless You" , because chances were- that you were gonna die. that is what the nursery rhyme- is about------
ring a ring a rosies,
pocket full of posies
Atishoo, Atishoo, we all fall down.