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In your country, sneezing or make some sneeze will have what meaning?

In your country, sneezing or make some sneeze will have what meaning?

2 oct. 2014 18:15
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One for a wish, two for a kiss, three for a letter and four for something better!

2 octobre 2014
2

The irish "capall bán fút" (a white horse under you) may refer to the white horses that pull hearses. After four sneezes, you are going to die!

In ireland you might hear "Deiseal!"- may things be right with you. Deiseal is clockwise, with the sun, right and correct.


13 avril 2017
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Please ignore much of Englishrevered's comments, they are not serious and are sarcastic.

3 octobre 2014
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Maybe the white horse from the gaelic expression is also related to the pale horse ridden by Death in the biblical apocalypse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse#Pale_Horse). In Spain we say "Jesus" because the sneeze was thought to be the soul trying to escape from the body. Who thought sneezes could be so creepy (except, of course, for all the european peasants living during the Black Plague)! =P
14 avril 2017
1

Englishreverend is our friendly neighborhood troll otherwise known as Steveh. He has many different accounts. Like Gillian said, trolls are never to be taken seriously. 

 

I heard that we say God Bless You because in the old days they thought that your soul could be vulnerable to being taken over by an evil spirit at that moment. That's what I heard anyway. I like the saying though as I usually like being blessed by others. :D

3 octobre 2014
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