Skylarking can't hold a candle to "monkeyshines".
My dear departed grandmother in Webster used to grab the "Industrial Grade" yard stick if my sisters and I got too boisterous with our skylarkings. If it went to the level of Monkeyshines, well, we all would have had red thighs from a quick shot from the yard stick. As I have always said, " Never let it reach the level of a monkeyshine!"