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My Brothers Keeper
The term "my brothers keeper" is mentioned in the bible as to refer to cain who killed his brother. This term simply means to accept responsibility for those around you, meaning you will do anything within you power to protect those you love. Many people of Irish and Scottish decent from the Syracuse, New York area have taken the mark of cain on their bodies to show their loyalty. Although around 120 carry this mark, it is very hard to obtain. It's been said that the only way to truly gain this mark in this area is to risk your life for someone else, and almost die in doing so. Most of the people that carry this mark are ex criminals, mobsters and professional fighters. When this group hears that someone has done something worth getting respect for they ask around to hear the real story. If the person has been fortunate enough to gain respect because of this they will be offered to put the mark of cain on their body. This simply means they they will have the slogan MY BROTHERS KEEPER tattooed on their body to show others what they have done and show their bravery. This mark is much like the purple heart of honor in the military. There are several spots that this mark can be placed to show the details about this particular act.

The arm- Means you stuck up for someone outside of your family to save their life The back- Means you have had several peoples backs in a time of need The Chest- This is the highest form of respect this means that you have not only proven yourself as tough you have saved someone's life

This tradition begun when the Irish culture started moving into syracuse and were often threatened or jumped. Since this tradition has begun almost all of Tipperary Hill syracuse, new york knows of this tradition and would like to be one of the members who carries this honor. This group has their own tattoo artist that preforms these tattoo's in beautiful font's and it is guaranteed that no other tattoo artist in this area would tattoo this on a client who asked as they know what it means.