Change my first, I’m a symbol of peace with a branch. Add one to my beginning, I’ll warm up your hands. It’s better to have had me than to not have at all. When you start to feel me, people say that you fall.

Although usually hidden from plain view, You always feel my presence behind you. If I become too much, and you want me off your back, you’d better cut me off completely or suffer my wrath.

When the elderly pirate was asked his age, This is what he said. And if at first you just don't get the pun, Then say it aloud instead.

I can secure and hold mighty things of stature, trace me back and find out where you came from.

In your garden or career And even when I'm beaten If you should stray from me Your grandma may be eaten