[lit-ideas] Re: Bible Belt Buckles
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:56:52 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
Sent: Aug 4, 2004 7:02 AM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Bible Belt Buckles
Okay. I was confused -- but no longer.
A.A. Now I'm confused.
J.L. In a previous note, it was suggested that perhaps "God bless you", as a
reply to "Atchoo" had originated with Pope Gregory the Great:
_http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mgesundheit.html_
(http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mgesundheit.html)
Pope Gregory the Great (540-604 AD) ascended to the
Papacy just in time for the start of the plague
(his successor succumbed to it). Gregory (who also
invented the ever-popular Gregorian chant) called for
litanies, processions and unceasing prayer
A.A. I had never heard that the plague started in 540, only that it hit Europe
in the 1300's. I wonder if it was the same plague. I will have to do some
work on this.
Andy Amago
Cheers,
JL
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