"If it wisnae for yer wellies where wid ye be"

[billtils]

The title is from a song by Scottish comedian and icon, Billy Connolly, and translates as "if it wasn't for your wellingtons, where would you be?". The "wellie garden" is in St Monans, a pretty seaside village on the east coast of Scotland and in an area that is dry enough not to fit the Scottish stereotype of wet and rainy (and just in case, wellingtons are rubber wet weather footwear).

[DanK]

The translation to standard British English was pretty clear, but there is another step for those of us on the west side of the pond, just like chips=fries, crisps = chips, and brilliant has nothing to do with luminosity. Over here, "Wellington" is often applied to pull-on boots worn without shoes even if they are not rubber, e.g., https://bit.ly/4edQ9k5.