Muriel and Herbie Glover and their daughter Susan enjoy life in the domestic setting of a wee terraced house somewhere in Belfast. Their neighbour, Lilly Dodds, calls in quite frequently for the loan of a wee cup of sugar or a wee drop of tea to keep her going. Herbie keeps pigeons in his loft in the back yard and has collected quite a few cups from racing his birds across the Continent. All is bliss except for the 'lady next door, who insists on putting out her washing just as the pigeons are returning from their exploits.
Blending the customary pot pourie of Cree characters, the play races along to its inevitable conclusion but not before audiences are treated to a hilarious evening of comedy and mayhem.