“Bless You”

It is said that when someone says “bless you”, it is meant to be polite. Thousands of years ago, the Romans would say “Jupiter preserves you” or “slave”, which meant “good health to you”. Other people such as the Greeks would wish each other long lives. “God bless you” was started when Pope Gregory the Great uttered it in the sixth century. There are other myths that your heart stops when you sneeze, which is why people say bless you so that your soul doesn’t leave your body.