Object: a Pepper Shaker and a Handkerchief

Boys and Girls, I Have this pepper shaker and this handkerchief with me today because I want you to think about sneezing. Pepper supposedly makes us sneeze. And we use a handkerchief when we sneeze. Now what do we say when somebody sneezes? Well, we could say, "God bless you." but there's a German word that we often use, "Gezundheit!" Gezundheit is an unusual word. It means "Good Health." Now why would you say to someone, "Good Health" when they sneeze? Well, back in the old days, before they knew about bacteria and viruses, they thought that sneezing was a way of getting rid of bad spirits. They thought bad spirits caused diseas…