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Take one out and scratch my head I am now black but once was red.
My first is a body of water. My second is me. My third came before. My fourth before all three. My fifth sounds like my first. My sixth is in a lake. Put all six together to make an animal that will keep you awake.
What do you purposefully put lots of in and on your body, but run away from when you encounter it outside?
Goes over all the hills and hollows. Bites hard, but never swallows.
If Teresa’s daughter is my daughter’s mother, who am I to Teresa?
If it’s information you seek, come and see me. If it’s pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three. What am I?