“Bless You”

Have you ever sneezed and heard someone say, “Bless you”, and do you ever question why they say that.

     We say bless you because it is said that it began in Rome long ago during the Bubonic Plague, which Pope Gregory the Great said in hopes that god would protect them from death. It originated by AD 750 when it was custom to saying “bless you’’ when someone sneezed. It originated with Pope Gregory the Great saying it the ones who felt the beginning symptoms of the illness. It originated in Rome and all across Europe and spread to the United States when European immigrants came.