Wellies: The Wellington boot, also known as a welly, a wellie, a gumboot or a rubber boot, is a type of boot based upon Hessian boots worn and popularised by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and fashionable among the British aristocracy in the early 19th century.
I owned my first wellies when I was about five. They were fire engine red and I LIVED in them.
Permit me to be a silly bugger and post my ode to Wellies on this cold and blustering winters day. I just bought my first big girl wellies. Blue with pink trim and Green with blue trim. How to wear them? where to wear them? Sheesh….search me. But wear them, I will. Watch this space.
The Bright Red Wellies
What do you want for your birthday
How about a party with cakes and jellies
No thanks came the stern reply
I`d rather some bright red wellies
Wouldn`t you like a teddy bear
So you can give it lots of cuddles
I`d rather have a pair of boots
To jump in lots of dirty puddles
Are you sure you wouldn`t rather a pair of stilts
To make you 6 foot tall
Or how about a racket
And a bright coloured bouncy balll
There is nothing you can say or do
I`ve got it in my head
For my birthday I just want wellies
In Fire Engine Red
I can pretend I am a farmer
And go off to the field
Or possibly a soldier
Upon the battlefield
Or maybe I will pretend
I am in a big brass band
Marching up and down the street
With the brightest boots in the land
So for my birthday it is my choice
so remember what I said
I want a pair of Wellington boots
In Fire Engine Red
By Gaye Algar
(3rd August 2003)
One Comment
Nicky
Please tell me where I can buy big girl gum boots??