TWO RHYMING RIDDLES

1)

Fire above me, the floor beneath,

Remove my first letter to find a home

Shared by everyone you've ever known.

Remove my last letter to find the beginning

Of a name by which I was once known.

2)

My first is in fire but not in grate,

My second in early but not in late;

My third in music and in tune,

My fourth in knife but not in spoon.

My fifth is in frost but not in sleet,

My whole when ripe it sweet to eat.

Answer:

1. HEARTH - EARTH - HEART (OF THE HOME)

2. FRUIT