One more - another old one, apparently from another British politician, George Canning, who was Prime Minister early in the 19th century.
A word there is of plural number,
Foe to ease and tranquil slumber.
Any other word you take
And add an 's' will plural make.
But if you add an 's' to this,
So strange the metamorphosis.
Plural is plural now no more,
And sweet what bitter was before.
In other words, we're looking for a plural word meaning things that are an enemy to calm and sleep.
When you add an 's' on the end it beomes a singular word meaning something that's 'sweet', whereas it was 'bitter' before.
I haven't looked up te answer, so I'm trying to guess it too. So I don't know if it's all that good a riddle. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />
EDIT: Whoops, sorry, I forgot to come back and supply the answer. I was trying to work the riddle out, but every time I tried I'd doze off from boredom. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sleepey.gif" alt="" />
I looked it up in the end. Just as well, I was way off track, assuming it ended with 'nes' which became 'ness' to be singular. Wrong! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />
Answer:
<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> Cares (becomes Caress) </span>
