A legend was created from this runaway: he stepped on a Gosun-kugi long nail stuck in a board, but he continued running away for over 10 kilometers until he was finally arrested; then this became the origin of the name of Gosunkugi no Torakichi (Torakichi Long-Nail).
そのとき五寸釘の刺さった板を足で踏んだが、そのままついに捕まるまで十数キロ逃げたという伝説が生まれ、それが五寸釘寅吉の名の元となった。