She points out that buckets of apples were discovered in the place of burial for the Oseberg ship in Norway . She also remarks that fruit and nuts ( IÃ unn having been described as changing into a nut in SkÃ ldskaparmÃ l ) have been discovered in the early graves of the Germanic peoples in England . She points out that buckets of apples were found in the Oseberg ship burial site in Norway , and that fruit and nuts ( IÃ unn having been described as being transformed into a nut in SkÃ ldskaparmÃ l ) have been found in the early graves of the Germanic peoples in England and elsewhere on the continent of Europe , which may have had a symbolic meaning , and that nuts are still a recognized symbol of fertility in southwest England .