Among the many stories of the Phynnodderee bringing sheep home for his farmer friends, there is one of his having brought home a hare among the flock. When questioned, he explained that the loaghtan beg, the little native sheep, had given him more trouble than all the rest, as it made him run three times round Snaefell before he caught it. The confusion of the hare for a small Loaghtan sheep is comic, but the story also shows the Phynnodderee's earnestness and his connection to the mountain landscape.