Vicki Nelson - Founder, College Parent Central. When your college student first leaves for college you may be anxious to have her come home again for a visit. You want to be able to touch bases in person, cook her favorite meal, reassure yourself that she is fine, and find out how things are going for her.
Etymology: AS, snesen, to sneeze. a sudden forceful involuntary expulsion of air through the nose and mouth occurring as a result of irritation to the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, such as by dust, pollen, or viral inflammation.
Wood has heard of other sneezing folklore, including the notion that if you sneeze, company is coming over, and if your cat sneezes, it's going to rain. As for the blessing many people say after someone sneezes, Wood explains that the Greek word for sneeze is pneuma, which means soul or spirit.