Names of St Mungo's wards/SILK GOWNS clue ?

[kneazle255]

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Carolyn wrote:

The other thought was that it was meant to be a simple play on sounds 
and meanings, which JKR likes to do, with 'Thickey' = stupid, and 
perhaps Janus = the 2-faced Roman god ? (Not sure about this, no 
doubt someone will correct me..)

Kneazle found this on Wikipedia:

Janus was the god of gates, doors, beginnings, endings and doorways. 

Symbolism: the god of change and transitions such as the progression 
of past to future, of one condition to another, of one vision to 
another, and of one universe to another. 

Janus was worshipped at the beginnings of the harvest and planting 
times, as well as marriages, births and other beginning. 

When Romulus and his men stole the women of the Sabines, Janus caused 
a hot spring to erupt, causing the would-be attackers to flee. In 
honor of this, the doors to his temples were kept open during war so 
that he could easily intervene. The doors and gates were closed 
during peace. 

His two faces (originally, one was always bearded, one clean-shaven; 
later both bearded) originally represented the sun and the moon. He 
was usually depicted with a key.