Show God Save the Mark When tho phraso God save the marl moro common In writing than In oral speech Is used the reference Is to an old superstition developed In Ireland It was believed that If a person tolling of nn accident or Injury In-Jury to somo ono who had been hurt In n fight touched the llko part of his own body or that of his hearer thoro was danger that It would bo an evil omen of similar Injury So It became be-came tho practice to ward oft such consequences by exclaiming God savo tho mark that is avert the harm threatened |