“Bless You”

Whenever someone sneezes, you say “Bless you” or hear someone else say these words.
Why? Why are these words spoken?

These words are spoken in many ways and in many meanings for example, back in the medieval times, when you sneezed, it was believed that for that split second, your soul left your body. Being soul-less, that would allow the devil to enter your body and take over. So, people said "Bless You" as a way to prevent the devil from entering your body as the soul left. In other part of the world they thought that your heart stops for a second, so that your life become one second more or your death will be late by one second, so people say "bless you" as a thanks to the GOD for extending their life to the split of a second.

When? When did this saying originate?

This saying probably originated thousands of years ago but no one really knows like when the Great Plague in England started in 1665.

How? How did this saying originate?

There are many reasons how it originated but it all depends on the religion and place one says it at like in England they say when someone sneezes it reminds them part of the magic of the bubonic plague. When you started sneezing you were infected and were going to get sicker and die. So they were just trying to save you by heaping God's blessings on you!

Where? Where did this saying originate?

Some people say it was originated from German or from Rome but no one really knows.