The reasons for hiccups

D., a ninth grader, was hiccupping Friday. After several minutes of nonstop hiccupping I asked him jokingly why he was hiccupping so much. He said that he didn't know but that he had heard that hiccupping happened when demons were trying to come into your body. My response? I told him to keep on hiccupping that I didn't want any demons in my classroom.