Answer:
Six letters do my name compound; among the aged oft I'm found; The shepherd also by the brook hears me when Leaning on his crook; but in the middle me divide and take the half on either side each backward read a liquor tell ev'ry gay toper knows it well.
Break me but I’ll continue to work touch me and maybe I’ll stay with you forever.
I tell people to be careful when handling boxes.
I can be short and sometimes hot. When displayed I'm never cold. What am I?
Four fingers and a thumb, yet flesh and blood I have none. What am I?
It has no top or bottom, but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time.