Light-hearted trivia but do you relate? Sneezing.....

the "bless you" stems from the middle ages belief that when you sneezed you were vunerable to the devil entering you and  as with many sayings its just become common although to be honest i haven't heard it said in a long time since modern society is falling out of favour with religion 

Really? I thought the obligation to say ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes started during the plague when if someone sneezed they probably had caught the plague so you said ‘bless you’ to them as they were going to die shortly. 

Apparently thats where the kids game ring a ring o roses a pocket full of posies A-tishoo A-tishoo we all fall down, comes from as well durring the time of the plague.

indeed that nursery ryhme was written over a hundred years or so after the plague plus the second part makes no sense to the plague

Cows in the meadows
Eating buttercups
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
We all jump up.

There was a story that that was the case but it was apparently proved untrue.