TROUMBLEY 1 (2)

TROUMBLEY 1 (2)

11/14/1980

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Interview with Floyd Troumbley and Tom Morey conducted by Susanne Rappaport on 2/01/1981 (TC2004.3032). From the Neil and Susanne Rappaport Collection (VFC2004.0002), Vermont Folklife Center Archive. Audio recording © Estate of Susanne Rappaport and Vermont Folklife Center.

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11/14/1980

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Floyd stands with his prize coon dog Gypsy. Having worked at a range of occupations during his younger days before his heart attack, Floyd now repairs small motors, sharpens saws, hunts coon, and traps fur for a living. REFER - Floyd Troumbley Series

INTERVIEW EXCERPT

Floyd:

"I've done pretty near everything anybody ever done for a living. Cut cord wood, cut logs, laid brick and concrete blocks - most anything - drove truck, logged it, cut pulp, drawed lumber, plowed snow, sanded roads, chased ring-tailed rabbits, and shot a few deer to boot. And I learnt the butchering trade from my father. I stuck my first hog when I was 13 years old. I was only about 14, I guess, when I started sawing horns. We was up to the George Skope place. It was getting late in the afternoon - we finished up there with a lantern hanging right on a wire. They put this bull in the stanchion, and I knew the old man was getting tired. I picked up that saw and I said, 'This is a good time to start sawing horns - there are a lot of horns to experiment on.' I laid right into that bull, and the old man never did too much sawing after that. I used to do just about all the sawing. You've just got to have nerve enough to start in, that's all."

(from interview - February 1981)