Re: some proverbs

Patrick's proverbs remind me of a Tokana proverb (the only
good one I've been able to 'discover' so far), namely
"inie hounne, kalie launein" ['injE 'hOwnnE, 'kaljE law'nejn]
literally "eyes for the owl, legs for the rabbit".

Any guesses as to what this proverb means?

Matt.