Do you have any superstitions regarding the consecutive number of sneezes?
I’m from the Netherlands, and we say that the sun would shine the next day if someone sneezes three times consecutively. I’m curious if this is something other people do as well.
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I sneeze 3 or 4 times most of the times. I live in Poland and last time I saw sun was October 2024. I think this theory might be false.
No superstitions, but when a person sneezes once we say “à tes souhaits” (to your wishes); if they sneeze a second time we say “à tes amours” (to your romantic ventures), to which they are supposed to reply “et que les tiennes durent toujours” (and may yours last forever) or “et que les tiennes commencent un jour” (and may yours begin someday) depending.
We don’t have a special formula for the third sneeze though, most people would think to themselves “can you go die somewhere else please…”
No superstitions, but as someone who gets sneezing fits easily (sometimes more than a dozen) it’s entertaining to see how many times people are willing to say “bless you” before they get sick of it.
No but I once heard a sneeze is a 7th of an orgasm and take note that the earth didn’t move for me when I sneeze that many times.
Norway: No superstitions that I know of, but might say “Prosit!”, and also jokingly say “You’ll be on sick leave tomorrow!” after someone sneezes three times in a row.
“Good, bad, money” one for each sneeze.
(Hyvää, pahaa, rahaa in finnish, so it doesn’t translate well)