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How did gesundheit work its way into common American usage? From Wikipedia: In German, Gesundheit ( [to your] "Health") is said after a sneeze This is sometimes used in the United States The expression arrived in America with early German immigrants, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch, and doubtless passed into local English usage in areas with substantial German-speaking populations 1 The expression is first widely attested in American English as of
Looking for the God Bless You of Hiccups FWIW :-) Saint Walburga, a Benedictine nun and healer in the 8th century, is the patron saint of coughing, and a hiccup is (at least etymologically) a kind of cough So perhaps you could invoke her name? Walburga! Sort of like Gesundheit!
What is the origin of the term blue ruin for low-end gin? According to Green's Dictionary of Slang, "blue ribbon," at one point meant "the very best gin," and later came to mean gin in general a blue ribbon worn as a badge of honour; thus referring to the quality of the best gin [early 19C] gin Green's Dictionary of Slang Green attributes this as a precursor to blue ruin, for the ruinous effect of particularly bad gin on a person's health The