There are many popular beliefs on the Binbo-gami and irori, and in Tsushima-cho, Kitauwa-gun, Ehime Prefecture (the present Uwajima City), it is believed that digging the fire in the irori too much brings out the Binbo-gami.
囲炉裏にまつわる貧乏神の俗信は多く、愛媛県北宇和郡津島町（現・宇和島市）では囲炉裏の火をやたらと掘ると貧乏神が出るといわれる。