1.   He told me the story, sitting in my room with the firelight flickering on the ceiling rafters.

2.   It could also be caused by heating and cooling of the roof structures moving the ceiling rafters in the room.

3.   Listening, he broke into a grin, and pointed to a ceiling rafter.

4.   We arrived early and found it deserted but for a large headless fish suspended from the ceiling rafters.