What's the Time?

DESCRIPTION: "What's the time?" "Half past nine. Hang your britches on the line." "What's the time." "Ten to ten. Time to bring them in again." "What's the time?" "Daytime." Etc. Also perhaps, "What's the clock say?" "Tick-tock."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty clothes
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 137, "(What's the time?)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. 'What Time Is It?"
File: SuSm137A

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