Bertrand Guégan (1892-1943) was an editor for the publisher Éditions de la Sirène, which had Satie under exclusive contract in the early 1920s. His notable culinary works include La Fleur de la Cuisine Française (2 volumes, 1921), a collection of French recipes ranging from the 13th Century to the modern era; the first French translation of the Ancient Roman cookbook Apicius (1933), for which the Académie française awarded him the 1934 Prix Langlois; and Le cuisinier français (1934). He also edited a critical edition of Molière (7 volumes, 1925-1929). During World War II Guégan took part in the French Resistance and was executed by the Nazis. See http://data.bnf.fr/11906122/bertrand_guegan/
André Salomon (1881-1944) was a French-Jewish pianist and teacher associated with Satie's music of the World War I and postwar eras, including performances of the musique d'ameublement ("furniture music"). Satie dedicated the second of his Nocturnes to him. Salomon perished in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz during World War II. See http://data.bnf.fr/15731335/andre_salomon/
These were names of actual games (often involving cards or dice) played in 16th Century France, but Rabelais' mischievous wit allows the uninformed to interpret them literally. For added piquancy he notes them alongside backgammon, chess, and children's classics like Blind Man's Buff and Hide and Seek. Historian Yves Rifaux identified 190 of the 215 games on Rabelais' list. See http://www.ecole-alsacienne.org/CDI/pdf/1301/130220_RIF.pdf
