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Why Do We Take Our Hats Off Inside? — This and Other Etiquette Rules We Have Adopted

Posted on December 13, 2015
Men usually wore hats to protect themselves from wind, rain or other weather conditions. They took them off inside so that rainwater wouldn’t fall into meals or onto people, according to OMG Facts.
Why do we say, “Bless you” when a person sneezes?
This dates back to 590 CE when Pope Gregory I demanded that anyone who sneezed be blessed, so that they don’t catch The Plague, according to OMG Facts.
For more etiquette facts click:  OMG Facts

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