Atheist but always say this, I shouted it in a supermarket tonight when someone sneezed in the next Isle, he shouted back thank you but really you're not supposed to day anything. I do it mostly because it originally wasn't so much religious as bestowing blessings on someone who was probably going to die from the plague. As in the rhyme about the plague:
Ring a ring of roses (the marks that were early signs of plague)
A pocket full of posies (to overpower the stench)
A tish you, a tish you (sneezing was where this came from, after the rings of roses sneezing was a sign you had it)
We all fall down (dead) β β β
The next verse starts pushing up the dasies which in London at least is what people say about those who have died.
This was told to me on a tour of an old part of West London where the plague pit was marked as such and is part of the historic tour of the area. If I have it wrong I would love to hear alternatives.
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2024-07-09 23:23:22
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