(January 29, 2014 at 10:53 am)pocaracas Wrote: I never understood why you're supposed to say something when someone sneezes, but not when they cough...
A sneeze comes from the nose...
A cough comes from the throat or the lungs... usually, if it's coming from the lungs, it's a much more serious condition than what you get when sneezing...
I got some explanation (back before the Boer War) that the first symptom of the Black Plague was a sneeze. Hence the Bless bit. By the time it was coming up from the lungs you were as good as dead.
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