Apple-catchers (Herefordshire)
Big knickers. The opposite of a G-string. Somewhere you could also stash a few pieces of fruit, if the occasion called for it.
Bange (East Anglia)
A certain lingering dampness in the air. The type of weather that tricks you into leaving your coat at home, then soaks you to your underwear.
Beat the Devil round the gooseberry bush (Sussex)
To tell a long, rambling and very probably anti-climactic story. If you don’t know anyone who does this, it’s likely that they can’t get a word
