Penguin win a library

[reaster]

This is third question in a series of six questions, running for 6 weeks, in a comp to win a library of books from from the Penguin book site and I am stuck. The question is: What is the Mysterious Goblin's name? The answer is in this riddle

The Goblin recited his riddle in a singsong voice:

"My first is in sugar and also in sweet,
My second's a legume, tasty to eat,
My third is myself, my fourth's an old chick,
My fifth's in an apple and also a brick,
My sixth just repeats what my fourth said above,
My seventh's a thousand, you will be my love,
My eighth's simply fifty, my ninth is a breeze,
If you follow my meaning you'll find it with ease.
My whole is a strange name, of that there's no doubt,
But though berries may lie, the truth it will out.
You may call me a thing but I swear I'm a man,
Now come and find me. That is, if you can."

[Aloysius535]

"Though berries may lie - Lie berry = Library
Add Thing
= www.librarything.com
Search for SPINANKLE which is the answer to the above riddle - Gives access to an authors page.

Where you go from there????

[reaster]

Thanks you're brill, I got stuck halfway through the riddle and never thought of lie berry being library

[mjulian]

Can anyone please explain how they get "N" for an old chick?!!! I can't for the life of me work it out.

[Postdog]

That was one I did get. N = Hen