Like a number of other words that originated in the UK and Ireland, they crossed over to America but died (or almost died) out in their home area (Not sure about catawampus in the sense of a mythical animal, not sure where it came from).

Another of these is career-careen usage. Americans may careen around a corner, but this is not done in the UK, although both terms used in that sense are English in origin (see poem below, which I am adding in order to keep this thread above the BS line).
In the UK, careen is reserved for upending a boat, etc., for repair. Career in the sense of a race course or to nimbly turn is almost unknown in North America although the usage is old (pre-North American settlement) in the British Isles.

Lucifer in Starlight, by George Meredith (c. 1870s)

On a starred night Prince Lucifer arose.
Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend
Above the rolling ball in cloud part screened,
Where sinners hugged their spectre of repose.
Poor prey to his hot fit of pride were those.
And now upon his western wing he leaned,
Now his huge bulk o'er Afric's sands careened,
Now the black planet shadowed Arctic snows.
Soaring through wider zones that pricked his scars
With memory of the old revolt from Awe,
He reached middle height, and at the stars,
Which are the brain of heaven, he looked and sank.
Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank,
The army of unalterable law.