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kEVIN reeves | 01:26 Tue 14th Aug 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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How did the expression 'bless you' - when someone sneezes - arise?
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It arso during the plague of 1665. One of the symptoms of the plague was sneezing. So 'Bless You' was said as victims died.
18:51 Tue 14th Aug 2001
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I'd heard that in medieval times it was thought that sneezing was your body expelling an evil spirit - you bless the person to prevent the spirit re-entering.
01:49 Thu 16th Aug 2001

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