| Show 0 odd dd beliefs long held concerning the he sneeze the greeks when they ask for a blessing upon those afflicted by sneezing claimed to follow the example of prometheus who stole celestial fire to animate the beautiful figure he be had made of clay as the fire permeated its frame the newly formed creature sneezed and the delighted prometheus me thetis invoked blessings on it according to aristotle the first man who conceived the idea that the head aiu the principal sent seat of the soul regarded the sneeze with great respect because it was the mos most t manifest operation of the head hence the compliments ments of the greeks and romans long may you live may you enjoy sonia some rabbis explain the rustom custom by declaring that not long after the creation god made a general decree that every man should sneeze but once whereupon his soul should depart from his body without previous warning or indisposition jacob pot Vot the decree withdrawn so that man van sneeze as often as he chooses without dan ger therefore whenever a annn find himself still living ihling after a good gusty sneeze people should express their gratitude with a blessing |
