Two riddles from a book (i won't tell you the name of the book that would be too easy).
1st one is:
Fifty is my first,
Nothing is my second,
Five just makes my third,
My fourth a vowel is reckoned
Now to find my name,
Fit my parts together,
I die if I get cold,
But never fear cold weather.
2nd one is:
Fifty is my first,
Nothing is my second,
A snake will make my third,
Then three parts a cross is reckoned.
Now to find my name, fit my parts together,
I am all your past, and you fear me in cold weather?
(Mods - i did a search and did not find them, but if I missed them just lock the thread please)