Ah-CHOO!!

Few of us not well these past few days so what better way to cheer ourselves up then to do silly things.
So for the first act, we shall learn more about sneezes from around the world. hehe

Germany
"Gesundheit!" is exchanged in place of "Bless you!" in Germany. 'Gesundheit' means 'health' it is said. Does Germany have an original legend? I am very much eager to finding it out.

Australia
An Australian told me. A person who sneezed says 'Excuse me,' or 'Sorry,' and a person who happened to be there says either 'Bless you,' or 'God bless you.' And there are even cases when 'Gesundheit' is said. The feeling behind this is something similar to "Take care," I am told. Why is it that everybody knows this German expression? He went on to inform me about an even more interesting thing. According to his story, when someone in France sneezes, they say, "May your hopes (or dreams) come true!" This is just what we say in Japan, when somebody sees a shooting star before it disappears. I would certainly like to find it out from a French person.

United Kingdom
'Bless you' and 'God bless you' are mentioned to the person who sneezed. They also say the German 'Gesundheit!' According to some, within a person's body dwells a devil. When this devil is irritated, a person sneezes. To prevent it from worsening, 'Bless you' is exchanged.

Japan
Most interestingly, the Japanese believes that if you sneeze once, it is a sign that something favorable is being rumored about you; however 2 sneezes cindicates criticism, 3 sneezes means admired and 4 sneezes and above means you need to see a doctor.

Spain
Apparently, long time ago, Spain was hit with Influenza and many perished so from then on, when someone sneezes the name of Jesus Christ was said aloud to ask for divine protection.

Holland
In Holland when someone sneezes, people would say "gezondheid", wich means health. Here it orginates from the middle ages where it was believed that you could sneeze out your soul. In order to prevent that they say gezondheid! The sneezer will reply with "bedankt" which means thanks.

Iran
In Iran the first sneeze means to wait for a few minutes and don't do the work that you are doing at the moment. If you decide to ignore the sneeze, something bad might happen to you. Second sneeze cancels off the first sneeze and you may continue with your task.

I wonder what Malaysians say... "Choi! Why ah-choo in my face??!!"