School: Convent of Mercy, An Pasáiste, Corcaigh
- Location:
- Passage West, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0390, Page 139
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- (continued from previous page)guards the entrance. Inside the door there are steps down to the cave. The cave is made of solid stone. It is very narrow, and people exploring this passage have to walk one behind the other, with a light of some kind in their possession.
In bygone years many people explored this cave. But nowadays people never enter it, because some parts of the walls have fallen down, and it would be very dangerous to venture into it. It is called the "Penal Cave", because it is believed that the priests used to say Mass there during the "Penal Laws".
- Whooping-cough.
If a garter worn by the God-father of a child having whoop-cough was put around the child's throat it would cure him.(continues on next page)
