Torrée

A torrée ( French la torrée ) is a traditional autumn fire in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel .

The occasion arose from the agricultural tradition of roasting a sausage and potatoes together on the big fire of the clearing waste in autumn.

Web links

Wikisource: Shepherd Fire.  - Poem by CF Meyer (1882)

• Documentation at "Living Traditions in Switzerland"
• Documentation at Tourisme neuchâtelois