Bless You

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

People say bless you because it’s used to wish a person’s blessings when they sneeze.The practice of blessing someone who sneezes, the term originated from at least AD 77.This saying or expression originated when the Pope in AD 590 as an outbreak of the bubonic plague was reaching Rome. In hopes of fighting off the disease, he ordered unending prayer and parades of chanters through the streets. At the time, sneezing was thought to be an early symptom of the plague. The blessing became a common effort to halt the disease.The term that we use “Bless You” probably originated from back in time with the romans when the disease was breaking out to all people