In Rue des Six-Jeunes-Hommes, the sign of an old tavern recalls the memory of six goliardic young people, here depicted in the act of devising zwanzes (a Flemish word that means to play games) during the period of government of the Spanish Duke of Alba, nicknamed the Iron Duke because of its harsh discipline and the regime of terror instituted by him.

Some examples of their shots included replacing holy water in the churches with ink and stitching together the clothes of the old ladies who followed the mass. Their games ended the day when they pulled a jar of soot in the face of Jean Vargas, a close associate of the Duke. Arrested, they were sentenced to death and hanged.

Today, the tradition continues because, on closer inspection, the sign is only of four people, as if the other two were hiding in order to embarrass historians.