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HOUSE & GARDEN 
The grianan, as the Irish knoiv it, 
nestles close to the ground. A path of 
millstones winds up to the front pave¬ 
ment before the door. And you can go 
inside, if you wish, or clamber up the 
three little steps and rest on the side 
porch in the ell of the hut under the 
wide thatched eaves 
A LITTLE BIT 
O’ IRELAND 
Set Down as a Sleeping 
Pavilion on the Estate 
of Chauncey Olcott at 
Saratoga, New York 
Enough sunlight splashes inside for 
one to live there the summer through. 
The f urniture, scant and simple, is char¬ 
acteristic of the Irish peasant's home. 
One has only to imagine the tang of 
smoldering peat from the hearth to 
feel oneself close to Shannon water 
