Why We Say “Bless You” for Sneezes

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Morning Sneezies!

Well, God bless you!

That’s weird..

God bless you?

And we just say that to strangers whether they do god stuff or not?

God bless you..

Why are we doing all that??

Come back with me to ancient times..

There’s people milling about:

And there’s you!

Wait, don’t blow! 

Aw man. 

Now the problem is these townspeople don’t think a sneeze is just air..

They think it’s your soul trying to escape from your body:

So in order to keep the devil from swooping in when there’s a brief opening, we:

But then things get darker.

Because Medieval Europe gets hit with the bubonic plague:

The first symptom??

So Pope Gregory The Great’s like:

And it stuck!

May God Bless You,
Henry & Dylan 🌈

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