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Credai pobl fod y dŵr yn gwella pob math o afiechydon gan gynnwys defaid, cloffni, dallineb, manwyn (math o'r diciâu), y sgyrfi a chryd cymalau Yn y ddeunawfed ganrif, perswadiwyd tir feddiannwr lleol, William Price, i adeiladu bwthyn i roi llety i geidwad y ffynnon ac i’r rhai a ddeuai yno i geisio iachâd. Roedd yr iachâd yn golygu yfed ddwywaith y dydd o’r ffynnon a throchi yn y pwll oer cyn mynd i’r gwely i gysgu.
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St Cybi himself, said to be a native of Cornwall, came to Wales in the mid-6th century. The waters of the well were said to cure a variety of ailments including warts, lameness, blindness, scrofula, scurvy and rheumatism. In the 18th century local landowner William Price was persuaded to build a cottage to provide accommodation for the custodian of the well and for those who came to ‘take the cure’. The ‘cure’ involved drinking water from the well twice daily and immersing oneself in the frigid pool before retiring to a bedchamber to sleep it off. A coin thrown into the well would ensure that the patient’s entreaties would not fall on deaf ears.
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