100. Complot plis fort passé ouanga.[40] (Le complot est plus fort que l'ouanga.)
"Conspiracy is stronger than witchcraft."--[_Hayti._]
Di moin si to gagnin nhomme! Mo va fé ouanga pou li; Mo fé li tourné fantôme Si to vlé mo to mari....
"Tell me if thou hast a man [a lover]: I will make a _ouanga_ for him--I will change him into a a ghost if thou wilt have me for thy husband."....This word, of African origin, is applied to all things connected with the voudooism of the negroes. In the song, _Dipi mo vouè, touè Adèle_, from which the above lines are taken, the wooer threatens to get rid of a rival by _ouanga_--to "turn him into a ghost." The victims of voudooism are said to have gradually withered away, probably through the influence of secret poison. The word _grigri_, also of African origin, simply refers to a charm, which may be used for an innocent or innocuous purpose. Thus, in a Louisiana Creole song, we find a quadroon mother promising her daughter a charm to prevent the white lover from forsaking her; _Pou tchombé li na fé grigri_--"We shall make a _grigri_ to keep him."
101. Conseillére napas payére. (Le donneur de conseil n'est pas le payeur.)
"The adviser is not the payer." That is to say, the one who gives advice has nothing to lose.--[_Mauritius._]
102. Coq çanté divant la porte, doumounde vini. (Quand le coq chante devant la porte quelqu'un vient.)
"When the cock crows before the door, somebody is coming."[41]--[_Mauritius._]
[41] This is also a proverb of European origin. The character of Creole folklore is very different from European folklore in the matter of superstition.
103. Cououì pas laide, temps lafôce pas là. (Ce n'est pas laid de courir, quand on n'a pas de force.)
"It isn't ugly to run, when one isn't strong enough to stay."--[_Trin._]
104. Coup de langue pis mauvais piqú sèpent. (Un coup de langue est plus mauvais qu'une piqûre de serpent.)
"A tongue-thrust is worse than a serpent's sting."--[_Martinique._]
105. Coudepìed napas empéçe coudecorne. (Les coups de pied n'empêchent pas les coups de corne.)
"Kicking doesn't hinder butting." There is more than one way to revenge oneself.--[_Mauritius._]
106. Coupé son nenez, volor so figuire. (Couper son nez, c'est voler sa figure.)