when i was very little, my dad took me to hear bells being played at one of the local churches. on the way home we were saying "God bless Mom", "God bless Dad", etc. Finally my dad asked, "what do you think happens when we say God Bless?" In all seriuosness i replied, "they sneezed."
A childhood belief about prayers
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that "God bless you" was "gableshu," so everytime someone sneezed, I would say "gableshu."— JS
- I used to believe that when I said my prayers, "God Bless..." meant please keep burglars awayAnon
- In "God Bless America" I thought it was "With the light from a bulb" instead of "from above."— Carol
- In the Hail Mary prayer, I used to say 'Bless a dark fowl among women' rather than 'blessed art though'Anon
- I used to believe that all churches were built by God rather than by people.— Andrea
- I used to think when somebody sneezed you were supposed to say 'Gableshew'.— gablesh