and, it was thought that during a sneeze that your heart might stop. If it continued to beat, then you were “God Blessed” to still be alive. Germany back in them Dark Ages etc.
I remember reading probably more than 40 years ago — don’t ask me where — that there was a belief that the soul left the body momentarily during a sneeze, ergo, saying “God bless you” to the sneezer robbed the devil of the chance of snatching that person’s soul.
For many years, I had gotten into the habit of saying just, “Bless you”. But, now, I always add “God”. Most people say, “Thank you”, but some glare at me. Go figure.
In the areas close to the Arizona border where I worked for years it was almost a sport in which they see if they can out run the police or federalis. I think if they are drunk and get caught it’s for being drunk and they don’t add on all the other crimes like evading arrest and so one as American law enforcement does. (at least not for fellow Mexicans)