''God bless you!''?

in older times, when somebody sneezes they believe that the soul leaves that person's body.they say "god bless you" so that the soul will return the body safely.it's like they're asking God to bless your soul.

Hello ButterflyEs, "God bless you" is someone say to you when you sneezes, right? It funny,in China, especially cantoness(as i am), when we sneezes we say " lucky me" to ourselves. Why? Because it was say that the reason you sneeze is because someone is cursing you, when you say "lucky me", the curse or bad luck will away. I am not sure if this have the same meaning what we say" god bless you" when you sneeze.

Even I don't know answer to this. But whenever I sneeze in public, I always say "Excuse me" or "Sorry" and if some one tells me "God bless you", then I just say "Thank you" and smile........... Atleast you earn a blessing, otherwise who has time to bless anybody now in this fast life.

Hi, When a person sneees, his heart is stopped for one tenth of a second, hence the saying.

Because is funny when somebody sneeze, and can t be a sad thing. Is a sign of simphaty, sometimes when talk about something very serious, and somebody sneeze, you see that all smile? and maybe the mood is changing. Is a sign that peoples are more relax, and for this "God bless" is very right to say...maybe exist other explanation too, but this is mine, as i see the things

Hello ButterflyEs, My mother told me once that when you sneeze, your heart actually stops beating. So you should say "God bless you" because the person who sneezes might actually die. :c