(WJW) – God bless you. Gesundheit. Salute. No matter how you say it, the meaning behind it is the same. A sneeze is your body’s way of removing dirt, dust and pollen or other irritants from ...

That's why our ancestors used to say "bless you," because they knew who would need protection and who would be lucky. From an ...

Qin Liu studies sneezing for a personal reason: her entire family suffers from seasonal allergies. “Until you experience something chronically, it is really hard to appreciate how disruptive it can be ...

Prosit is the typical Norwegian response when someone sneezes. It comes from the Latin word prosit, which literally means something along the lines of “may it be good” from the verb prosum. So why do ...

It is known that among the Mexican population one responds with a “health” to someone's sneezing, in addition to being considered a word of kindness and courtesy even among strangers.

Saying “bless you” was thought to prevent evil spirits from entering while the soul was vulnerable. In other cultures, sneezing was seen as a good sign, meaning something lucky was about to ...