I make and repair shoes for tiny green-clad leprechauns, but if you bake me in an oven with fruit and a pastry crust, I become a warm dessert. What am I?
A cobbler
A cobbler is a shoemaker (traditionally linked to leprechauns in Irish folklore) as well as a baked fruit dessert.
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