Definitions:
fan around-
When I wanted to go outside or go anywhere following a recent cold or illness, she would say, "Don't fan around!"
When my children caught cold, she would accuse me by saying, "Well, you probably just fanned her around!"
sheddy mess-
She would never encourage me to bring my Boston ferns inside when the weather turned cold. She would say that they would be a "sheddy mess"
