Why do we say Bless You after a sneeze? We have all heard the
saying “bless you” in fact we hear it almost everyday, further
it is not something that only english speakers say, but almost
every culture and language. But why? What is so special about
it? Why is it that almost every culture use the word when
someone sneeze? English – Bless you Farsi – Pir Shavi “Get old”
Hindi – Khush Rahi Hoon “be happy” Persian – “Elahi shokr”(means
Thanks god for be health). For a list of Sneezes around the
world – Check out this Site. As you can see it is not something
just around US, Canada, UK or Australia but many other places.
Time to answer the puzzling question. But why do we say Bless
You instead of something else. To answer this question we have
to go back at early times, because there are many possible
answers for this certain question. First of all, the word bless
you was actually God Bless you or May God Bless You, over time
people start using bless you. First possible answer is that in
medieval times people beli